Life

It took a 6,200-km bicycle ride to do it, but Klaus Lüttgen finally made peace with his estranged dad.

The best way to protect yourself from falling objects in an earthquake is ducking under a desk or sturdy table until one minute after the shaking stops.

The wild salmon runs emanating from our west coast rivers during the last few years have been anything but predictable.

When I was asked earlier this week to write this column, I immediately responded with a: “Sure! No problem.”

Day tripping can be lots of fun, but stats show over 80 per cent of all back country emergencies arise because people are under-equipped.

There’s a recent incident in Campbell River where a 19-year-old played dead when a black bear emerged from a trail.

When serving as a marine naturalist, one of the questions I am most often asked about whales is: “Why do they jump?”

Human presence in many of our natural areas has had negative impacts on the landscape.

A small group of Malcolm Island kids are a little wiser about the ways of the sea after they participated in an inaugural sailing course hosted by a former Calgary cop. A small group of Malcolm Island kids are a little wiser about the ways of the sea after they participated in an inaugural sailing course hosted by a former Calgary cop.

George Foreman regained his world championship belt when he was 45-year-old. Now, at a year older than that, local boxer and former Canadian heavyweight champ Ben Perlini’s hoping to do the same.