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MORE THAN A CENTURY before the confederation of Canada in 1867, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 established a basis of government in North America. Peter Russell, in his book [Continue]

WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ATTENTION to give and as such, it’s a valuable resource. Everyone wants our attention: social media, advertisers, politicians, family and friends. [Continue]

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has unleashed an army of trolls and bots. His bad intentions go beyond revenge and interference in U.S. elections. Recently, postings from [Continue]

THE RADIO TELESCOPE NEAR PENTICTON has detected signals that were sent from some mysterious object billions of light years away, at a time when the Earth was so hot that [Continue]

HEARING VOICES is often regarded as a sign of mental illness. But maybe voices are just part of a spectrum. Professor T. M. Luhrmann says the idea of a continuum of voices is [Continue]

TANYA VAN CUYLENBORG’s killer went free for decades until DNA evidence led to his arrest in Washington State. The young Victoria woman’s boyfriend was also killed but [Continue]

AUSTRALIA HAS A BLUNT WAY of getting parents to vaccinate their children called “No Jab, No Pay.” As the name suggests, parents don’t receive welfare payments, tax [Continue]

Different cultures have different beliefs about how to define the difference between life and death WHEN I’M DEAD I won’t be writing these columns. But other than [Continue]

DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Alternate Truth tour of Europe, he scolded NATO countries: “Many countries are not paying what they should. And, frankly, many countries [Continue]