The signs of spring are clearly visible in Colony Farm. The history of Colony Farm dates back to 1904, when the Essondale mental health facility acquired 1,000 acres of arable land and wetlands. For ...

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As an intern at a veteran’s hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, Bruce Lanphear became friends with two patients and their families. Both died of diseases which were preventable, but far from curable.

Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May gave an impassioned speech against the controversial Bill C-51 yesterday, which passed third reading despite significant political opposition and public ...

Summer is here, in a way. The blockbuster season has started with Captain America’s surge into almost every theatre around. But there are smaller new films worth looking out for and more documentaries ...

EDMONTON — The New Democrats have toppled the 44-year-long Progressive Conservative dynasty and will form the next Alberta government. The NDP, under leader Rachel Notley, was on its way to taking ...

A lake in British Columbia likely survived a major pollution disaster when a tailings pond at the Mount Polley mine collapsed last summer, but it needs constant monitoring to track any long-term ...

National Observer investigative reporter Bruce Livesey wrote the following about his latest story on the billionaire Koch brothers: Until this past February, I worked as a contracted television ...

In March 2016, the Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) processing project was approved, granted with some conditions.There is a great deal of worry from scientists about the health implications of ...

Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall can’t shake the surveillance in Closed Circuit ...

“Circus,” to me, conjures up visions of spangly costumes, tinkly music, cotton candy, hyper-excited children and carnie barkers luring the rubes with promises of “death-defying” feats. Cognitively ...

When Christopher Reeve wanted a special weekend with his beloved, Dana, he took her to The Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa, which, he said in his biography "... is the most romantic place on earth." ...