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Range Rover: Bad Ragaz, a spa to end all spas

Range Rover: Bad Ragaz, a spa to end all spas

'On a frosty autumn in 1242, afield on a bird hunt, monks from the Benedictine abbey at Pfäfers, Switzerland, were piqued by a mist rising from a narrow gorge along the Tamina River'
Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Not only does it disregard the wellbeing of people and the planet in its pursuit of profit, it uses many of the same tactics — even consultants — as the tobacco industry
Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

The question left hanging is whether the transcripts from high school A are equivalent to those from high school B
David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

In Spain, they tug hard on your ear once for every year you’ve lived. In the 1970s Canada, they banged your bum on the ground, once for every year, and fed you cake containing choking hazards
Opinion: Powder to the peeps

Opinion: Powder to the peeps

'Four good runs in five hours is not good value for anybody'
Greg Perry cartoon: ER wait times are getting pretty deadly

Greg Perry cartoon: ER wait times are getting pretty deadly

Opinion: If you don’t advocate for yourself, who will?

Opinion: If you don’t advocate for yourself, who will?

'There’s a very simple reason NIMBYs get a bad rap: their tactics work'
Maxed Out: RMOW dropped the ball on cold-weather emergency

Maxed Out: RMOW dropped the ball on cold-weather emergency

'Perhaps it wasn’t the kind of emergency the town wants to deal with. Not nearly as sexy as a volcano, eh?'
Opinion: Trudeau government only winner in Emergencies Act decision

Opinion: Trudeau government only winner in Emergencies Act decision

The Federal Court has done nothing more than say the federal government was not justified in invoking the Emergencies Act.
Rob Shaw: B.C. government appeals ruling over restricted drug use

Rob Shaw: B.C. government appeals ruling over restricted drug use

Premier has expressed frustration province can regulate use of tobacco, alcohol – but not that of hard drugs