Start by bucking trends — Imagine if the state of Alaska were put up for sale. Any guess on what the asking price would be? I had no idea so I decided to do a little research. If Alaska were on the market today, most likely the asking price would be somewhere between two and…

Most dogs love going for walks. Not ours. On this one particular day, the weather wasn’t great outside, and our pugalier would have nothing to do with it. She just lay in her bed, all day long. She wasn’t sick. She just wouldn’t go out. It was approaching twenty hours…

Wise words that are still applicable today — In the fall of 2001, the Oakland Athletics baseball team was a mess. They had just lost three of their star players and needed to rebuild. Team management was under pressure and at a crossroads. Most teams would have gone the traditional rebuilding route and signed the “best” and most…

But you knew that already. If you had to guess the winner of a running race between two athletes, who would you pick? The runner with a perfectly healthy body or the runner with a physical deformity? This would appear to be a stupid question with an obvious answer. However…

Five hundred bucks aren’t enough to motivate this cowboy Our government-owned electrical utility has a heart of gold. Most of us have endured many more hours than usual at home this last year. A by-product of all that additional time at home is increased electrical bills. …

Even in 2021, with lots of incentives, we’re still struggling with the negatives — Imagine yourself in your mid-20s. You’ve finished your post-secondary education, have a good job, maybe even bought a house. Everything appears great — but you’re bored. Life has become much too vanilla. Inside is stirring a sense of adventure. …

It’s better to choose quality over quantity Is Hollywood director James Cameron a slouch? The man has only directed seven major films in the last thirty-six years. Most Hollywood directors will direct at least one film every two years — some will do even more! …

So why do we celebrate it? Monarch butterflies that choose to summer in Ontario, Canada, haven’t made life easy for themselves. In fall, when it’s time for them to migrate south, the route of their journey requires a 250km non-stop flight over the Great Lakes. How is this even possible…

It’s all about relaxing… American sprinter Lolo Jones could almost see the gold medal. She was that close. It was the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Jones was leading the field in the 100-meter hurdles race. The race was hers to lose. With two hurdles to go, the very unfortunate happened. …