Latest from Craig Silliphant
First Person
Stealing your kids' Halloween candy is a time-honoured tradition I'm happy to embrace
Craig Silliphant says he'd love to spin some elaborate story of candy espionage, but doesn’t have to. He just waits until his kids go to bed.
Opinion
Tradition be damned: these Christmas treats are way past their best-before date
Christmas cake, mincemeat and booze-filled chocolates are monstrosities that need to be trashed, not eaten.
Opinion
With 500 Moe Bucks burning a hole in our collective pocket, maybe it's time for a new pair of pants
The Saskatchewan Party announced it's giving us each $500. We've landed on the free parking square in Monopoly, if your family plays that controversial rule.
Opinion
Civility in the age of rage: why we need to work together and calm down
Is it just me, or do we all seem to be a lot angrier these days?
First Person
Fall weather has mice invading my home. I say bring 'em on
As the weather turns to fall, mice want indoors. They’ve been roaming the streets with impunity, smoking and playing dice in the alleys, and now they’re recruiting a gang to invade our homes.
First Person
Why generation Xers threw aside our apathy and embraced vaccines
It’s a gen X thing. We’re apathetic about everything. Except, apparently, vaccinations.
FIRST PERSON
The joys of being a middle-aged COVID winter shut-in
I have friends that are outdoor people. They’re clearly stricken with some sort of madness.
COMEDY
'Christmas is more powerful than COVID': Why I silenced my inner Grinch and decorated early this year
The virus has taken many of our livelihoods and some of our loved ones, but it can’t take feelings we’ve tucked deep within the stockings of our minds.
COMEDY
Avast! Patrolling for pandemic porch pirates
“Ahoy! I see thars a package fer ye! I think I’ll plunder it for meself!”
Opinion
Drivers often entitled and distracted — and that's no fun for pedestrians
You need a licence to drive. It’s a privilege, not a right. But the pedestrian ends up being the second-class traffic citizen, simply for having the gall to be on foot.