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PARKER: The road to nowhere leads directly to Vegas
When I was in my final semester of University — so long ago, yet somehow I’m still reaping the tax rewards — I was asked to give a presentation on a modern day Utopia. Almost everyone found obscure communes to profile — communities of people living in places such as Niland, California that I so...
STAHN: Why a tethering bylaw has officials at the end of their rope
To tether or not to tether should not even be a question. But it is a question, and that’s because there is so much gray area when it comes to tying up your dog. Where do you draw the line? Should dogs never be tied up? What if they are jumpers or runners? Is it...
LOEWEN: “You say you want a Revolution…”
Many of us instinctively nodded our heads when John Lennon’s song “Revolution” from The Beatles’ White Album (1968) first hit our ears with its slow-grooving guitars and sardonic lyricism: You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world... The song was one of Lennon’s first forays into the...
PARKER: Living outside the lines
When was the last time you stepped into a different time zone? Maybe it was when you managed to score tickets to the last hot music festival and heard a band you’d never seen before play a song that took you all the way back to 1972 even though you were born in the eighties....
STAHN: Community needs to step up to stop tagging
There’s urban art, known as graffiti to many, and then there’s tagging—the ugly scribbles, words and obscene pictures that end up on our buildings, on murals and even in tot lots. This has been a growing issue throughout the region and in the past year has hit some pretty low lows. Penises drawn on playground...
LOEWEN: “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you’ve got nothing to be afraid of”
Perhaps I am growing less tolerant in my dotage, but I have had it, already, with some of the blindered and jejune commentary that I hear from too many citizens in this country. Particularly when it comes to folks whose smug self-satisfaction with their lives leaves them impervious to the nuances that might change their...
PARKER: The massage is the message
Being present is all the rage these days. Sure, one could argue that the monks in the Tibetan mountains have been practicing the art of living in the moment for thousands (?) of years, but very few people — Leonard Cohen and Jack Kornfield exempt — would consider anything cloaked silent types do on a...
HELSTON: A reminder that you’re innocent until proven guilty
In Canada, you’re innocent until proven guilty whether charged with murder or stealing an ice cream cone. Sure, you might not go to court over a frozen milk product, but the point is, no matter how heinous or mild the crime, the principle remains the same: an allegation is not a conviction. We brought you...
