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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...

Petro-politicians are stuck in the polluting past

What is it with politicians who are dead set against any kind of progress? It’s clear that digging up, processing, transporting and wastefully burning...

We’ll Make Great Pets

AI= Artificial Intelligence Can we imagine a version of the world, in the future, where there is no more war or possibility of it? Any flaws...

The Racial spin in tennis

Cord ball. Only tennis players know the term.  That’s when a tennis ball hits the top of the net during play and trickles over...

BC Ferries Meets Baywatch, Prince George Meets Barbie

BC Ferries doesn’t usually do sequels, but the first week of September 2025 staged a back-to-back drama that had passengers clutching their Tim Hortons...

Something Serious

Good morning. I know that for those of you who read this column, you have come to expect either something funny, something not funny...

The Art of Ambiance, the Art of Life

It’s Sunday morning, the sun is shining, and a raven is chatting. A car alarm sounds, and a dog that doesn’t sound like it’s used...

SUFFERING A CATASTROPHE

I am a tidal wave survivor. That's what we used to call them. There were no advisories back then, no media frenzy triggering a...

 All Together Now

Connecting with friends we haven’t seen in a while and meeting new ones. The Edge of the World Music Festival is an amazing experience...

Tiny Dog Defends Home from Hungry Bear

A five-pound Pomeranian named Scout has gone viral after turning into an unlikely guard dog, chasing a black bear out of his West Vancouver...

This economic story doesn’t end well. Let’s change it!

The natural world is foundational to every aspect of our lives. We all need food, air and water. But nature is not our sole...

Haida Gwaii hosting the next G7 Summit?

The answer to the above question is an emphatic no. Absolutely not. No way. There isn’t a snowball’s chance in Hades that the G7...

They’re here!

First—the news! Adriene has sold her business at the Crow’s Nest, or the Tlellian Mega Mall, as I like to call it. For the past...

Like it or not, we can’t live without insects

Many people find insects annoying, even frightening. As a former fruit fly geneticist who spent many boyhood years exploring insect and other life in...

The Best Is Yet to Come

Home. What is it to you? A place? A person? Something you have never really known? Something you miss dearly? Something you can find...

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