Columns

My heart is with the family and community who are experiencing loss.  March 20th will be the first day of spring for this year.  Does this...

My favourite star that shines in the night sky just so happens to be the brightest one. I’ve spent many nights lost in its...

Jeff got sick, sneezing and coughing up technicolour goodies into that tasty white paper they always throw away. So I woofed, saying I could...

If we measured the amount of space and time devoted to issues in news outlets, we would conclude audiences are most interested in politics,...

My heart is with the family and community who are experiencing loss.  March 20th will be the first day of spring for this year.  Does this...

Anxiety is a pervasive condition affecting many individuals globally and locally in Haida Gwaii. It manifests in various forms, from test and public speaking anxiety to unique local varieties like BC Ferries and familiar social interactions. Embracing anxiety as part of life and finding humor in it can help individuals cope.

Here we are, half way through the longest shortest month of the year. How do we keep going? With whimsy. The world is particularly bleak at...

Former Premier Jason Kenney opened the province to coal mining in 2020 but backed down under public pressure in 2022, reinstating an eastern slopes moratorium that had been in place since 1976. Four coal companies are now suing the government for $13.8 billion.

I’ve been listening to pieces of other people’s lives and their conversations with one another while traveling into the snow and sun, and back....

“We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I’m making waffles!” Are you hearing that in Donkey’s voice? I’ve probably taken...

On clear nights, I like to stare up at the stars and wonder about all the incredible cosmic phenomena happening out there. From small...

As a columnist, I spend time considering what I’m going to write and the audience that is likely to enjoy it. I try to...

swimming  & Jenna Inglis! Hello, good people of Haida Gwaii. This week, I had the good fortune of skating and playing a bit of shinny at...

Fires scorching California, floods inundating Spain, heat killing and knocking monkeys from trees in Mexico, droughts scouring southern Africa, hurricanes ripping through the U.S....