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Even the groundhog stayed in as storm cancels Groundhog Day event

A major winter storm on the East Coast disrupted one of Canada’s best-known Groundhog Day traditions this year, keeping Shubenacadie Sam out of public view on Feb. 2. Officials at...
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From roadside to shoreline

I never thought we would get one, but we did. Our family recently inherited...

The Most Unusual 911 Calls in Canada in 2025

Every year, police services and emergency communications centres across Canada issue reminders about what...

EUROPE FROM $700 A DAY

“Do you know where you are going?” the flight attendant asks. It doesn’t matter...

January Change

It is January. It is a dark month, full of weather delays and changing...

Cooling Air

The air is cooling and the darkness stays longer each night. October is upon us, her musty crunch, hearty food, and promises of a...

THE FINE ART OF SMALL TALK

 I’m halfway down the aisle marked Household Products, trying to recall what I am doing there, when a clerk wearing a smile that mirrors...

How many dog lovers are on Haida Gwaii?

We see people walking by our house all the time with their dogs but I have never stopped to do a census on the...

Un-social Media

I took a very long break from social media. Part of that was coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. I had enough of digital connecting....

Costly geoengineering schemes could stall real solutions

Because the fossil fuel industry and its supporters have done everything they can to stall needed solutions to the climate crisis, some people say...

How Do You Eat a Sandwich?

My apologies to the gluten intolerant among us. This introspective exercise may fall short, given the unlikelihood you’ve recently eaten a sandwich. But the...

TALKIN ‘BOUT MY…MEDICATION

My father called it “being down in the dumps;” the way out was to pull your socks up and count your blessings. Winston Churchill,...

Vancouver Island Shoreline Collapses Under Moxy truck hauling logs

A moxy truck plunged into Nitinaht Lake after the shoreline collapsed beneath it during a fish habitat restoration project on August 26. The dramatic...

Art lights up our brains and ignites action

When we think of solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, we often imagine technologies, government policies or new infrastructure. But sometimes the most...

Rising in the East

 I watched a beautiful sunset in Daajing Giids the other day. As the bright red and orange softened, the pink and purple clouds faded...

Capital “F” Fun By Tony Ravioli

“What do you and Giulio do for fun? And I mean capital ‘F’ Fun, not just everyday fun?” asked our friend Bobbi Lee to...

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...

Start at the Ceiling

Apparently, people who know things know that when you clean an interior space, you start at the ceiling and work your way down. This...

A PARALYSIS OF CURIOUSITY

My friend, Mike Meegan, boasting on Facebook that he failed grade 3, whose teacher claimed he had “difficulty putting thoughts into words” (Mike is...

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