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So Stephen Harper has taken up pole dancing. The word is that the prime minister has told his minions to redraft Canada’s Arctic offshore claim at the UN to include the North Pole. Big deal.

So Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to Israel next month. That’s nice. Apparently, according to the media, who are indulging their love for stereotyping, that’s what it takes to make the Jews of Canada vote for him.

It’s no secret: the year’s shortest day is on its way. On dark overcast days, I sometimes dream of hopping the next flight to Mexico, Hawaii or Tel Aviv.

Next time a cabinet minister confidently outlines the government’s vision of the future, keep B.C.’s electricity policies in mind.

Quiet might be extinct, I thought atop the Highlands’ Jocelyn Hill. I was far from the nearest road, but the whine and hum of traffic climbing the Malahat drifted across Finlayson Arm.

A controversial personality, British Columbia’s 25th premier, W.A.C. Bennett, was undoubtedly a builder. History has been mostly kind to the institutions he built over a 20-year span.

Nelson Mandela’s eyes are filled with calm and purpose, a benevolent, steady determination that occupies the space between us. His brilliant, endless smile radiates the unmistakable joy of existence, an unquenchable spirit.

As I sit here in the lobby of the Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre , Old Man Winter has taken over outside. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the leaves are off the trees, and there is a bit of snow on the ground. It is lovely out there.

A very important question has been posed this week by one of the foremost religious thinkers of our time: What do infidel atheists celebrate during the holiday season? Manitoba’s leader of the Opposition, Progressive Conservative Brian Pallister, has

They are tiny, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. But disagreement over their ownership has the potential to trigger conflict between China and Japan with repercussions for other countries in the region, including Taiwan.