Life

CHRISTOPHER PAGE On Tuesday, Bernard Drainville, Quebec’s minister responsible for democratic institutions and active citizenship, introduced in that province’s National Assembly the Charter of Quebec Values.

The worst thing about dyslexia is not reading difficulties, but the emotional damage if it’s not diagnosed early, says an expert who is giving a free talk in Victoria this month.

Terry Fox ran nearly 42 kilometres each day of his Marathon of Hope, before cancer forced him to stop at Thunder Bay, Ont.

There were about 50 of them. One by one, hour by hour, these brave souls rappelled from the top of the downtown CIBC building, like public-spirited lemmings. One of the last on Thursday afternoon was 78-year-old Hermann Nieweler.

Convoy PQ-17, one of the worst maritime disasters of the Second World War, will be memorialized with sight and sound beginning next month. The Anglo-American convoy was travelling to Russia in July 1942, loaded with supplies.

Wildlife photographs, Vikings and native languages are all featured in the upcoming year at the Royal B.C. Museum.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 32-year-old woman, and for my whole life, as long as I can remember, I have had a very fast resting heart rate. When I was in my late teens and early 20s, it was around 80 beats per minute.

Even as a child, Iris Gray knew she was different. Her parents always told her she was bright, but she still felt out of place. She had few friends and was chronically clumsy. Other children would delight in loud noises, such as jets flying overhead.

The official opening of the Victoria Public Market at the Hudson is just six days away, but who’s counting? A whole lot of fans of local fruits, vegetables, meat, cheese, herbs and more, that’s who.

Getting old isn’t all bad news. For the first time, come Saturday, I will be eligible for a 20 per cent discount at Shoppers Drug Mart (at least, on the last Thursday of every month).