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We would all do well to spend a little more time thinking about where, exactly, our food comes from – a topic that’s more important now than ever. It was with some trepidation that I accepted the job in St.

Welcome to spring! Vernal equinox occurred yesterday at 4:45 p.m. and now that we have survived daylight savings, we can look forward to an increasing period of light as we transit toward summer solstice.

What is Ukraine? By political structure it is a republic governed by a ‘soviet’ or council. Its centre, dating back to the ninth century, is based in Kiev.

After spending half a decade living in small-town Alberta, it’s nice to be spending some time back in the big city. Well, St.

“This will be the most significant budget in modern times in the province. It will have impacts on every single person … in the province.

There are a few statistics regarding oil production and consumption that have seldom been mentioned during the debate on the collapse of oil prices over the last six months. Yet these numbers explain much of the mystery surrounding this event.

Canada is a multi-ethnic land and many citizens are proud of their ethnic heritage. It is difficult to say when legitimate ethnic pride goes rancid, but the point is reached when it involves deriding or deprecating another group.

“That’s so gay.” A 2011 report by Egale Canada Humans Right Trust said 70 per cent of Canadian students hear that charming epithet or some similar derogatory comment every day in school. One in five.

A relative latecomer to social media, I have become increasingly interested in observing how the written word has evolved over a relatively short span of time. From the once formal constructs we held in high regard, e.g.

The tragic murders of many of the artists who produced the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo have revived debates around free speech and what’s considered acceptable to publish.