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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...

Car culture driving us to disaster

The climate crisis is too big to be remedied by individual actions alone. It requires government policies and regulations and international cooperation in everything...

A RezDog POV

Authors note: In 2015 my family moved to Haida Gwaii. Marianne Jones is my wife and she is Haida. I am Maliseet from New...

Way more than books: VIRL gives Haida Gwaii more services than I can fit in this column

The ability to read and write is a lifeline. It’s easy for me to take those skills for granted, but not everyone has equal...

Sweetness vs Criticism

Dear Annie,  I've been with my partner for over a decade, and we live together now. When at home, they are sweet, helpful, and dotes...

Passion Fuels Community

First and most, my heart is with the family members, friends and community who are experiencing loss. If there’s anything I can do… I was...

Wet Places and Friendly Faces

Like most Tlellians, I abhor the idea of personal hygiene. In fact, I will refuse to shower unless I am either really cold or...

We can all take part in the great transformation

The odds are stacked against people standing up for the planet’s interconnected life-support systems. We don’t have the wealth of billionaires, oligarchs and industrialists...

L’Osteria del Mare

I have enjoyed writing for most of my life. While still living in Italy, I was planning to study journalism, until a beautiful French...

Taking flight with Peter Grundaman

Last week, I spent a few days patrolling the playground speed zone in front of my house in Sandspit. I’ve lived there for many...

Shining a headlamp on powerful stories for the deep, dark

winter The wind is having a moment right now. We’ve only just made it through the year’s longest night, and the lights are starting to...

Industry hijacks global climate and biodiversity summits

Under global consumer-capitalism, power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of oligarchs, billionaires and CEOs, supported by the politicians they fund. That was...

Missing Chocolate and Friendly Frolf

Have you ever been in that situation where you bought your partner a bunch of Christmas presents that included some boxes of chocolate, but...

Jessica Mai on Art, Music, and Life in Sandspit

When I was 13, I started my first job as a dishwasher at the Sandspit Inn. I can remember mopping the floors after late...

The Best Laid Plans

Funny thing about “best-laid plans” — the only time we ever hear that phrase is precisely when plans have gone distinctly wrong. If you...

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