Every week, we take a virtual stroll around the ‘net to find some interesting blog posts. Here’s this week’s eclectic selection.

Joseph Planta starts us off with his interview with Trang Nguyen, the Conservative candidate from the Vancouver Kingsway riding. Canadians will be choosing a new prime minister on Monday, so I encourage you to listen to all of Joseph’s interviews on the matter.

Raul Pacheco reminds us that next week is also Mental Health Week. While other health-related causes like fighting cancer certainly deserve our attention, we shouldn’t forget about the importance of that organ between our ears too. And we need to remove the stigma that surrounds these kinds of issues.

Melody Fury recently did some traveling in Barcelona where she found a store called Happy Pills. It may look like a boutique pharmacy from the outside with its bright white walls, but the “pills” inside the bottles are actually candies. Is this really an appropriate way to market to children? Does it create for a pill-popping culture?

Trent Hamm knows a thing or two about what it means to make and save a dollar. That’s part of the reason why he prefers to live rural: the cost of living is a lot lower than living in the city. It’s not just about the money, though, as he has other reasons to prefer the rural lifestyle over the urban one.

Mark Nichol demonstrates that the English language really isn’t all that “English” at all. That’s because we adopt many words from many different languages and Mark provides no fewer than 12 examples. Aardvark is an Afrikaans word, pistol is Czech, and amok is Malay.