High energy and land costs raise the stakes for B.C. farmers

January feels pretty bleak as the effects of all that holiday indulgence set in. As we struggle to regain our energy, we ask ourselves again why we choose to live in this Noah’s ark of a city.

Hawaii, Bali, Fiji - these are dream honeymoon destinations. But the reality is that you may not have the time and/or money for an exotic vacation. You may be squeezing the wedding in between work weeks. Or maybe you can only sneak away for several days, and are postponing the love fest. Or you simply may want to keep the honeymoon low-key and low-budget, like your nuptials.

Muriel Arnason, 81, first woman elected to Langley Township council

"My father fucked off the morning I turned five," begins Bill Richardson's take on the Georgia Straight's annual Christmas story. Before the end, we meet the world's dirtiest woman in her double-wide, an angelic chorister whose voice never changes, and a mysterious observer with a Moleskine...

Violent groups embody the capitalist ideal by maximizing profits, but why are many kids attracted to this lifestyle?

Vancouver has become one big sexy experiment, with grownups of all types and preferences getting their freak on.

Peter and Rosemary, both from England, met at the University of British Columbia in 1960. They soon married, and both went on to work as professors of evolutionary biology at Princeton University. Now both 71, the Grants are among the most successful and important collaborations in the history of science. The Grants have produced a body of scientific research that is so exhaustive, so exacting and thorough, that many ornithologists fear it will never be replicated. The object of the Grants’ obsessions are Galápagos finches. These are the birds so closely associated with Darwin that they’re commonly called Darwin’s finches.

Postsecondary system needs quality control

How did the McIntyre family end up in this predicament? The answer lies in recent history. In 2002, the B.C. government "detargeted" $230 million from special education, allowing school districts full discretion on spending. At the same time, the ministry changed its data reporting so that school districts were no longer required to outline expenditures related to high-incidence (relatively frequent) special-education needs. According to the B.C. Teachers' Federation, many school districts stopped providing extra funding for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The consequence, says BCTF first vice-president Susan Lambert, is that "we're just not designating those kids."

The straight world could learn something about wild abandon from queer folks.

No need to wait till New Year's: Halloween week is party central at the city's numerous bars and clubs.

With the Olympics and growing homelessness, the security industry is thriving, but what does that mean for the rest of us?

Vancouver is bedevilled by rising rents and low vacancy rates, which take a disproportionate toll on young people.

The premier warmly greeted former U.S vice-president Al Gore, but does that mean Gordon Campbell is really going green?