Based on long-term factors, including demographics and income growth, the average annual increase in national home prices is likely to read more

Based on long-term factors, including demographics and income growth, the average annual increase in national home prices is likely to be around four per cent in the coming decade, so the recent high single- digit and low double-digit gains cannot persist indefinitely. But, the key issue is whether the adjustment to a more sustainable trend is gradual. The good news is that this is what appears to be happening in Central and Atlantic Canada.

He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays.

He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays.

We don't want to take any chances.

We don't want to take any chances.

I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway read more

I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.

It seemed to me that he was there for her.

It seemed to me that he was there for her.

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began read more

We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began collecting in a more serious fashion about then.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person read more

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it.

There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' — he is mentally committed to it.

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living read more

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.