At 70, I learned how to travel solo again

Open this photo in gallery: Town Hall square in Vilnius. Marsha Barber took five walking tours during her time in the Lithuanian capital.Leonid Andronov/Getty Images It was supposed to be a trip for two to Lithuania and Poland for my husband, Stephen, and me. Over the decades we’d travelled, between us, to nearly 50 countries. […]

Opinion: Motherhood is joy, but also grief. Cancer taught me how to live with both

Open this photo in gallery: Farrah Khan and Kristyn Wong-Tam have a son, now 4, thanks to in vitro fertilization. A frozen supply of embryos could have given him a sibling, but a cancer diagnosis threw a wrench in those plans.Eden Graham Farrah Khan, executive director at Action Canada, is currently on medical leave. “Do […]

Opinion: How to tactically retreat on the carbon tax

Open this photo in gallery: A man pumps gas in Montreal on March 4, 2022.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press Grant Bishop is the Calgary-based founder of KnightFork, which builds data-driven tools for carbon pricing and the energy transition. The federal government rightly followed through on raising the carbon price on April 1. However, with polling showing […]