Opinion

This Mike Duffy affair is being blown all out of proportion as, some might be tempted to observe, the senator himself appears to have been. The snow is yet to fly in Ottawa, yet he looms over Parliament Hill like Michelin Man, twisting in the wind.

Some Greater Victoria school trustees are having second thoughts about approving a nature-kindergarten program for two James Bay schools, especially after the teachers’ association sent a letter to the school board expressing concerns about the propo

Years ago, when commiserating about my squeamishness over slugs, Nature Boy speculated that these terrestrial mollusks might yet surprise us.

Watching the New Democratic Party’s pre-leadership fight recalls those nature documentaries about how prides of lions sort themselves out.

Janet loves the orcas. At least that’s what Enbridge would have had us believe in its now-aborted Northern Gateway ads that featured the company’s vice-president Janet Holder touting how safe oil tankers are for B.C.’s killer whales.

Gardening is a spiritual practice for me. It attunes me to the grand energy for life that permeates this beautiful earth. It gets me in touch with the cycles of existence and the rhythms of the seasons.

This year’s Community Living Month theme is Relationships: The Heart of Inclusion, recognizing that at the deepest level, inclusion is rooted in the mutuality of all relationships.

For seven and a half years, Stephen Harper has been a transactional prime minister. But with the Canada-European Union trade deal, he is bidding to become a transformational one.

As much as my 19-year-old English-major self is loath to admit it to my current self, I’m a pop-culture junkie. Red-carpet interviews, the latest tweet about Miley Cyrus, reasons to hate Twilight, the next Hollywood blockbuster, you name it.

In the recent speech from the throne, the federal government announced a variety of initiatives, but the one that drew much attention was its ostensible consumer-friendly tack.