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The Last Temptation of Chris

A few months ago, I decided that it might be a good time for me to go on an adventure. I've been feeling a bit listless lately and when...
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Something Serious

Good morning. I know that for those of you who read this column, you...

Haida Gwaii hosting the next G7 Summit?

The answer to the above question is an emphatic no. Absolutely not. No way....

Jalopyism – A Path to Peace

Jalopyism is not only hard to spell, it’s not even a real word. But...

Interview With a Campfire

Jeanne d'Arc once said, “A campfire is nature's television.” And you know what? For...

Microplastics, They’re Fantastic!

(If you sang the title of this column to the tune of “Barbie Girl” by the acclaimed Danish-Norwegian Europop band Aqua, then you are...

“Must be nice!”

It has often been said that the hardest thing for people to learn in life is what we don't know. Life and experience teach...

Time travel won’t fix my nachos

NEWSFLASH — Time travel is not difficult! Contrary to what you may have seen in the modern world's version of educational videos (Hollywood movies), time...

This firewood isn’t going to stack itself!

As someone who considers themselves a bit of a health guru, I can say with confidence that self-inflicted torture exercise is incredibly important for...

OMG! That deer is so hot!

Last week, after a long day of showering (which I do once a month to soften my toenails for easier harvesting), I happened to...

There’s no place like chrome

In light of the current state of the world, I thought it might be fitting to take a more serious tone with this column. Sometimes,...

Purpose, pleasure, pyramids

“The two most important days in a person's life are the day they are born and the day they find out why.” — Mark...

Chickens: Nature’s little Houdinis

Warning: This column contains extremely juvenile acronymetic language and should therefore not be read by anyone over the age of six. Seriously.  Last week our...

How supercomputers are affecting life in Sandspit

Let’s play a little game. Can you guess what these famous physicists are talking about? (Hint, it’s not ducks.) Feyman: “If you think you understand...

It’s the hard-knock life

“Sometimes, life can be hard” is something we hear all the time, but what does it actually mean?  How hard can life really be?  Is any...

On board games and the dastardly need to win*

Warning: The following deals with mature subject matter such as playing board games and drinking beer and may not be suitable for boring people. Some...

Fishing society apologizes to salmon for using the word ‘lure’

Most of what I do in life is to provide Solutions To Obvious Problems That Hardly Anyone Notices, or “STOP THAT” for short.  Keen readers...

A plan to retire really rich on Haida Gwaii

As I was driving home from work the other day, I was musing that I really do have one of the most wonderful commutes...

Risk Taking = Community Need

I've been called a lot of things in my life. Everything from “acrimonious mustard stain” to “zit-producing anxiety dumpling.”  But never, and I mean never...

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