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THUMBS UP/ THUMBS DOWN
To Quadra Pacific Properties Corp., for allowing shoeshine entrepreneur Jill Goodson to set up shop on the corporation's downtown property.
Sep 9, 2012 1:00 AM
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Canada very much a warrior nation
Re: "Canadians resistant to warriornation idea," Sept. 5. We would beg to differ. The writer is obviously ill-informed in regard to our history. Fifty-five thousand Canadians volunteered to serve on both sides during the U.S. Civil War.
Sep 9, 2012 1:00 AM
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B.C. was indeed a British colony
Re: "Daily paper called the Colonist for a reason," Sept. 6. Yes, indeed, B.C was de facto a British colony until well after the Second World War. And it's still British Columbia.
Sep 9, 2012 1:00 AM
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Face the perils of Pauline with grace
When Quebec Premier Jean Charest walked into Zambri's to have dinner with the other provincial premiers in January, a table of buffoons broke into La Marseillaise. They meant well, no doubt, and Charest smiled pleasantly.
Sep 9, 2012 1:00 AM
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Do away with spanking
There's no getting around it. Spanking teaches kids to hit. There is also plenty of evidence that it does not work to dissuade other negative behaviours.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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Health-records scandal may get nastier
It started last March, when someone told the auditor general's office a story. It's not uncommon for that watchdog to get lurid tales of corruption and wrongdoing straight off the street. Not all of them check out.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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Mulcair not yet prime-minister-in-waiting
Thomas Mulcair has about three years to show the country that he and his unlikely Opposition party have matured enough to run the country. Good luck with that.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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Highway, bridge tolls should go both ways
Re: "New residents should pay for highways," Sept. 6. There should be no argument with the writer as long as residents of Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, etc.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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Education still requires facts
The B.C. education ministry is planning a fundamental change in the way children are taught. Schools devote too much time to facts and figures, the ministry believes, and not enough to "big ideas.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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Federal authority can trump province's wishes
Re: "B.C. pipeline review needed to restore legal powers," Aug. 31. The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline debate prompts increasing rhetoric. Former law professor Murray Rankin is now an adviser to NDP leader Adrian Dix.
Sep 8, 2012 1:00 AM
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