COLUMN | GUESS AGAIN, GRANDPA: Polyamory isn’t for me

I always thought that the ‘swinging Sixties’ was in relation to swing dancing. As it turns out, I was pretty far off. The 1960s...

Adopt your dog, don’t purchase it from a store

The puppy mill industry is predicated on treating puppies like commodities, instead of living beings who deserve respect. With the high demand for certain...

Why can’t gay characters be given proper TV representation?

Recently, How To Get Away With Murder came back with its mid-season premiere. It’s everything you’d expect from another great Shonda Rhimes production, including...

The pain of being a Canucks fan

Being a Vancouver Canucks fan comes with it a special type of pain. It’s very different from a Toronto Maple Leafs type of pain,...

Kevin O’Leary, save your fire for Dragon’s Den

In all honesty, I don’t enjoy Canadian politics. Though, I find it bearable enough to be fascinating. Perhaps this is why I’m currently trudging...

Screw Valentine’s Day

There’s a new commercialized beast in town, and it comes stomping in red, white, and pink. The Christmas decorations have now been replaced with useless...

TIM’S BIT: Air Canada isn’t all it’s ‘cracked’ up to be

Tim’s Bit: Tirades on our stupidest things. . . is a new web-exclusive column featuring Tim Mottishaw’s comedic tirades on some of our humanity’s dumbest...

What is true legacy?

A couple weeks ago, a good friend of mine relayed to me his “life motto.” It was only in passing, but it was profound:...

SFU’s Health and Counselling Services need to provide better service

My story with mental health officially begins in my senior year of high school, when I was diagnosed with anxiety. My doctor discovered that...

Yoga belongs to India, so hands off

At the University of Ottawa last November, a yoga class was cancelled due to concerns that it was culturally appropriated from India — a...