Editor's note: This is part three of Barry Zellen's look at how the Earth has formed from prehistoric times to now.

You're cruising along in your vehicle when suddenly you notice you're almost on empty... and the nearest gas station is 10 miles away.

Over the past month or so, the Union of Northern Workers has been involved in contract negotiations with a number of our bargaining units, some of which have recently been mentioned in the news.

A guitar leaned against an empty chair during the Aurora Fiddle Society's recent Friday night jam. The sight left many of us shaken. One of the societySA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s longest serving members had left us.

I kind of like the old system where years were given a descriptive name. Last year, 2023, could be called the year of the Great Evacuation Kerfuffle.

In last weekSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s column, I wrote about the way surveillance cameras seem to be taking over the entire planet. Shortly after writing that column, the news was full of reports that hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies were exploding in Lebanon.

While most geopolitical discussions of the Arctic focus upon the Cold and World War II to frame our understanding of Arctic geopolitics, it is important to look further back in time for a more planetary perspective of Arctic geopolitics, in both huma

Work on the NWT Trauma Healing Lodge is progressing very well. We are so excited because the feasibility study and business plan are finally finished, except for some minor tinkering.

Editor's note: Guest columnist Barry Zellen is back with a multiple-part series about how the Arctic region was formed from the Ice Ages to today.