Brenda Anderson

A birth is recorded in Saskatchewan as Canada’s population moves to surpass 40 million people today. Everyone with an internet connection can watch it happen in real time. (Stats Canada website screen grab)

Watch Canada’s population surpass 40 million people in real time

Stats Canada website shows births, deaths and immigration/emigration

A birth is recorded in Saskatchewan as Canada’s population moves to surpass 40 million people today. Everyone with an internet connection can watch it happen in real time. (Stats Canada website screen grab)
As the cost of food continues to rise, grocery chains in Canada are reportedly making record profits. It’s time for the CEOs of these companies to explain themselves, says the federal New Democratic Party. (Unsplash photo)

OFF TOPIC: Bread or cake, the rising cost of food is giving me indigestion

How do grocery chain CEOs square skyrocketing prices with massive profits?

As the cost of food continues to rise, grocery chains in Canada are reportedly making record profits. It’s time for the CEOs of these companies to explain themselves, says the federal New Democratic Party. (Unsplash photo)
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Anderson: When the fried chickens come home to roost

Too much comfort food eventually leads to physical discomfort

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COLUMN: For Generation X, COVID-19 isolation just something to grin and bear

COLUMN: For Generation X, COVID-19 isolation just something to grin and bear

Segment of society has been training for this our whole lives

COLUMN: For Generation X, COVID-19 isolation just something to grin and bear
Grant and Linda Lander looks for whales and birds with as their granddaughter Kinsley Kurisu joins in at Legion Park on Sunday, April 26, 2020 in Everett, Wa. The families social distance themselves with Danielle and Kelly Kurisu as they enjoy warmer April weather. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

COLUMN: Let’s consider what we agree to think of as ‘normal’

The closer we adhere to these “new normal” guidelines, the sooner many will be rendered unnecessary

Grant and Linda Lander looks for whales and birds with as their granddaughter Kinsley Kurisu joins in at Legion Park on Sunday, April 26, 2020 in Everett, Wa. The families social distance themselves with Danielle and Kelly Kurisu as they enjoy warmer April weather. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
OFF TOPIC: Walking the walk while talking the talk

OFF TOPIC: Walking the walk while talking the talk

Regular excercise with social interaction still possible – and necessary

OFF TOPIC: Walking the walk while talking the talk
Bhavkiran (Kiran) Dhesi in a photo released by the RCMP.

VIDEO: Third person charged in death of B.C. teen found in torched SUV

Inderdeep Kaur Deo facing charge of accessory after the fact to murder

Bhavkiran (Kiran) Dhesi in a photo released by the RCMP.
The teenage brain, common sense and the Tide Pod challenge

The teenage brain, common sense and the Tide Pod challenge

If the Internet had existed in the 1930s, when people flicked on…

The teenage brain, common sense and the Tide Pod challenge