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We would like to respond to Les Leyne鈥檚 column (鈥淚slanders yearn for independence,鈥� Aug. 3), which dealt in part with our goal to have Vancouver Island manage its own affairs as an independent province.

Modern life does not tend towards the cultivation of community. Boxed into small 鈥� but fully wired 鈥� apartments, or living in suburbs where we need a car just to go for litreof milk, we tend to live in our own little world.

Last weekend, a friend and I kicked off our 鈥渢ourist in your own town鈥� day with a visit to the Bastion Square Market, which runs every Sunday in the summer.

Mooks and MOOCs are not to be confused. A 鈥渕ook鈥� is a disagreeable or incompetent person (and that鈥檚 a kinder definition than some) while a MOOC is anything but disagreeable.

What, through our federal government, do Canadians owe our veterans? What is our debt to injured soldiers, our obligation to weary warriors ravaged by trauma, and our responsibility to the widows and widowers of veterans? These questions are fundamen

He did it again. Barack Obama did it again, going out of his way to downplay the jobs benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline in a speech in which he said the project is 鈥渘ot a jobs plan鈥� and would create only 50 permanent jobs.

The British government is supporting a backbench bill to pardon Alan Turing, one of Britain鈥檚 war heroes and one of the fathers of computer science.

When British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled strong new web policies last month targeting sexual content, the Internet erupted in a panic at the spectre of censorship.

A look at Eid-ul-Fitr Day in my family鈥�a showcase of this joyous Muslim celebration intertwined with our Canadian and Guyanese backgrounds.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford is engaging in more than a little political rhetoric when she says the proposed Energy East pipeline project to transport Alberta oil to Eastern sa国际传媒 鈥渋s truly a nation-building project.