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Weigh-in Wednesday #39 & #40 - The agony & the ecstasy

Weigh-in Wednesday #39 & #40 - The agony & the ecstasy

Promptly following my knee injury, I had a rest week....which is pretty much exactly like an active rest week, only without the active. Seriously? But, the City of Victoria is opening the adult playground in Central Park...
Shannon Corregan: We can never be too old for Halloween

Shannon Corregan: We can never be too old for Halloween

One of the weird things about writing this column is the several-day gap between when it gets written and when it gets published, but I can make an educated guess that as you’re reading this, I’m on my way to work, furiously scrubbing at the leftover
J.L. Granatstein: National interests collide in ship strategy

J.L. Granatstein: National interests collide in ship strategy

Canada has national interests, as every other nation does. Lists may vary, but everyone puts maintaining the security of the Canadian people and their territory at the top of the list.
Just one of the differences between Victoria and Toronto

Just one of the differences between Victoria and Toronto

One of the great things about the digital age in which we live is that it allows us access to news and pictures from around the globe.
Fabulous Diwali - Saturday Nov 2 at UVic

Fabulous Diwali - Saturday Nov 2 at UVic

Dazzling dances, colourful costumes, melodious music, and delicious Indian snacks and chai in the Diwali tradition.
Les Leyne: Natural gas still premier’s best friend

Les Leyne: Natural gas still premier’s best friend

Liquefied natural gas is all things to all people, and that includes former B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson. Premier Christy Clark brought the potential benefits of LNG development to the Vancouver Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Wednesday.
L. Ian MacDonald: Quebec referendum echoes still heard today

L. Ian MacDonald: Quebec referendum echoes still heard today

The Quebec referendum of Oct. 30, 1995, was a very close call for Canada, with political ramifications that resonate to this day.
Comment: One year later, nothing has improved for wild salmon

Comment: One year later, nothing has improved for wild salmon

British Columbia’s wild salmon are still waiting. One year ago today, the highly anticipated final report of the Cohen Commission was released. The commission, which cost $26.
Mohammed Adam: Too few Conservative senators speaking out

Mohammed Adam: Too few Conservative senators speaking out

Whether or not you believe senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau deserve to lose their jobs for abusing the public trust, the farce that passed for a hearing in the upper chamber last week is a disgrace to the values we hold dear, an
Les Leyne: Yap keen to let booze into grocery stores

Les Leyne: Yap keen to let booze into grocery stores

The way these things usually work, the government collects all the input from a consultation process, mulls the ideas over from every angle and later announces any resulting policy change.