Opinion

It's less than four months to the municipal election.

Passenger pigeons were once a remarkable story of nature's abundance. Despite producing only one chick a year, they were the most numerous bird on Earth, sometimes darkening the sky for hours or even days when they flew overhead.

No one was more surprised than the Finns — languishing in the shadow cast by the rest of Scandinavia — when post-millennium travel guides quietly began to tire of Stockholm's hyper-hipster culture in favour of declaring the Finnish capita

A Heartfelt Thanks from Spruce Grove fire survivor When I was wakened by voices calling "Dad, Dad, Bernie, Bernie wake, wake," I got out of my bed to a smoky room and some very odd sounds — whirs and odd suction noises.

The last time Mare Nostrum (Latin for "Our Sea") was used as a political slogan in Italy, Mussolini's fascists were claiming dominance over the entire Mediterranean. This time it's different.

Oh, to be riding a shopping cart through Staples, collecting school supplies and singing, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" in glee. Instead, just like every other parent in B.C.

"Tatooine" is, you will surely agree, a pretty stupid name for a planet, but there are so many Star Wars fans that some unfortunate world is bound to end up being called exactly that.

We're in the homestretch; the blessed end is now in sight. Our nonstop summer of action-packed, sun-kissed, event-filled weekends is coming to an end... almost.

In southeast Finland, lakes don't so much dot the land as streak it.

When we elect people to office, we give them power to make and enact decisions on our behalf. They should have a vision that extends beyond the next election and the latest Dow Jones average — to our children and grandchildren.