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Anybody who knows me, even casually, knows I do not suffer pseudoscience kindly nor quietly. I am also a tireless advocate of freedom of speech and freedom of belief. These things may seem incongruent at times, but they are not.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

This may be the first time I have tackled the same topic in two columns in the same week.

Welcome to Week CCIII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Three years ago, the eastern monarch butterfly population plummeted to 35 million, a drop of more than 95 per cent since the 1990s.

On the right day, at the scheduled time, my co-worker and I adjusted our bifocals. Then we sat down in front of my work computer for an introduction to the office’s newly installed file management program.

If you had to pick your most favorite veggies to plant, which would they be? And if you can’t decide, which ones would you pick if your growing space was very limited? Many of us don’t have acres of land for our gardens, so we have to make the best u

Joe Golem Occult Detective #1 Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Patric Reynolds & Dave Stewart Art by Patric Reynolds Mike Mignola has long been a favourite of mine based solely on his work on Hellboy, easily his most notable creation.

After what I saw on Monday, it’s evident that we will be apologizing forever. Justin Trudeau made an announcement on Monday that he will get up in front of the House of Commons on May 18th and make a national apology for the Komagata Maru incident.

Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression What can you say about Iggy Pop, the pungent punk pioneer that’s been around and musically prolific since the mid ‘70’s? The exuberant lad that jumps and squirms at his live shows, looking like a greased up ball of sine