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The I-5 Skagit bridge collapse: God's plan?

Mon, Jun 3, 1 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

Commentary: I narrowly escaped the collapse of the I-5 Skagit bridge. What did God have to do with it?

The Daily Troll: Pot within limits. Spokane's postal poison. Ballard bike battle brewing.

Thu, May 16, 4:21 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Mastros' jewelry: not gaudy enough. Student loans to skyrocket. Bike to Work day.

Is Bellevue the new Vancouver?

Wed, May 1, 5 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The transformation of the Eastside by foreign immigrants creates an opportunity for a new discussion about the ambitions of a booming city.

What's 9 million tons of toxic slag more?

Wed, Feb 6, 5 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Canadian firm Teck Cominco used the Columbia River as a hazardous waste dump for about 60 years. What will it cost them?

Heritage Turkeys of the Year

Tue, Jan 8, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Envelope, please: Politicians played heavy hands in the destruction of history across the Northwest, particularly in Seattle and Washington state, during 2012.

The MV Coho: A low-budget response to winter tropics cravings

Thu, Nov 22, 11:51 p.m.

By Sue Frause

The Coho sails between Port Angeles and Victoria, BC any time of year. Plus, it's easy on your wallet.

The Canadianization of America

Fri, Jun 15, midnight

By Knute Berger

We're rapidly being colonized by the culture and landscape of British Columbia. What's that all a-boot, eh?

Energy boom transforms Canada's prairies

Thu, May 10, midnight

By Anthony B. Robinson

Canada's western provinces used to be a sleepy extension of our own agricultural inland. Now a boom has Canada looking for faster ways to bring in skilled immigrants to help with all the work.

Urban agriculture in Canada: changing restaurant food, too

Sun, Feb 19, 7:45 p.m.

By Ronald Holden

A 100-acre urban farm near the Vancouver airport is making a difference in how people think about their food.

Green Acre Radio: Military sonar in use shortly before orca's death

Sat, Feb 18, 2:20 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

A Canadian naval vessel had engaged in sonar training just days before a female orca, who might have bred and helped with L pod's recovery, washed up on the coast.

The environmental 'plot' against Canada over oil sands?

Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.

By Peter Ladner

Radical U.S. environmentalists are out to get Canada! And seize the energy, oil, and wood businesses for the U.S.! Or, so a hypocritical government says.

Heritage Turkeys of the year

Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...

A powerful film examines the scandal of abandoned British children

Thu, Nov 10, 9:50 a.m.

By Tom Luce

An abusive British imperial trade, exporting unwanted children to Australia and Canada, is movingly revealed in "Oranges and Sunshine." The author had a first-hand encounter with the issue.