by Nick Thornton There’s been a lot of time and money spent by Ottawa and the Harper government (trademark) this year to convince you that the…

Patriotism makes me uncomfortable. It is to put real estate over principles, it is to hate people you have never met, it is mindless tribalism that…

For the  past week, Vancouver has been hosting the world’s largest cycling conference. Velocity 2012 meant that the all the big-names in urban planning, public transportation…

From the Pembina Institute: The most important sign of success is that B.C.’s climate policies appear to be reducing emissions. That’s the main message from a…

From Open Culture, a website you should read every single day: Right in time for the Tour de France (which gets underway tomorrow) the Open University…

This video game enthusiast hasn’t, and I seriously envy him. From buzzfeed: Part of the reason why university is so attractive to me right now–why I…

Last Saturday was the centennial of Alan Turing’s birth, the famous mathematician who imagined Turing Machines. From the Stanford Encycolpedia of Philosophy: Turing machines, first described…

The controversial drilling practice known as “fracking” has been a hot-button issue in American politics, and now this issue has come to British Columbia. Provincially, both…

You see them everyday. They’re present in every community, every school and every home. And they’re coming to get you. They don’t mean any harm; they’re just there to serve and protect. I’m talking of course of the gender police.