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Ask any teacher — teaching Grade 8 or 9 is a tough gig. Here you are with 30 kids; some of the girls are 13 to 14 years old going on 25, who in some cultures would be raising families. Then there are the boys who are, well, 13- to 14-year-old boys.

I consider occasional indulgences to be one of the joys of cycling every day. Which is to say: I ate a cronut, and I loved it.

B.Fat is the message and the pseudonym. Be all you can be. Be big and full and share that fullness of love and inclusion with every thing and every being. I sit in a modest tidy home with B.

When I encountered a German family on the edge of the forest where a towering bluff offers a spectacular viewing platform for the lake far below, they were a welcome sight.

Last week, Preston Manning, the former leader of the Reform Party, said that not enough attention is paid to local government. As the level of government closest to the people, he said, it reveals a lot about the state of democracy in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

Twenty years ago, a fresh-faced Bill Clinton understood that the U.S. people, struggling under a weak economy, thought their future prosperity was in jeopardy. The Clinton Democrats fashioned a campaign designed to tap into that sentiment.

This is an open letter to the Vancouver Island community from designated representatives of the World Rainbow Family.

I find the recent cooler days and periods of rain a relief. My garden does, as well, but more to the point, the cooler weather means things smell better.

To the British, they’re the Falkland Islands. To the Argentinians, however, they’re Las Malvinas.

Leonard Butt is a complicated and private man with a marvelous sense of humour. He creates exquisite sculptures in clay that speak a language full of metaphor.