Opinion

Leslie, we have to talk.

As we bid farewell to 2014 let's take a little time to remember the year we had and look ahead to 2015. There is no doubt that the resort's push to be become a four-season destination is well under way.

Here are four reasons why President Barack Obama's decision last week to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba was a good idea. 1) The U.S.

There's a name for that As a nostalgic local who cherishes the good old days, I really enjoyed the article on the history behind the names of runs ( Pique Dec.18).

On July 5th 2013, adventurer Kevin Vallely and a trio of fellow Vancouverites set out to row Canada's storied Northwest Passage to raise awareness around climate change.

Ancient cedars hikes complete The Ancient Cedars Trails Project has been successfully completed. Many thanks to the volunteer effort of many community groups for their great work.

Presents to buy, the tree to trim, kids to carpool, Christmas cards to write and post (yes, I still write cards!), keep everything going at work, bake for an army, more shopping... whew, the holidays are exhausting! Hmm...

Our ancestors may not have called themselves "citizen scientists" or organized to collect data for scientific inquiry, but they were keen observers of the natural world.

As a PhD student at the University of Toronto back in the day, I shared an office at the Royal Ontario Museum with a guy named Hugh Griffith.

Act I: The crime (Internet summary) How wild is wilderness and how wild are our experiences in it, asks Jack Turner in the pages of The Abstract Wild . His answer: not very wild.