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Comment: Reflect on reforms to auditor general’s office

Comment: Reflect on reforms to auditor general’s office

Who would have guessed that how we appoint a financial watchdog, the guardian of the public purse in B.C.
Week 1 Peep Show (For your eyes only)

Week 1 Peep Show (For your eyes only)

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Notre-Dame-de-Gras

Notre-Dame-de-Gras

Friteries 11561 rue Notre-Dame E, Pointe-Aux-Trembles CONFESSION: Until, very recently (this past Wednesday) I had been a long-time member of the congregation of Notre-Dame-de- Gras .
Shannon Corregan: Hockey fans return to their obsession

Shannon Corregan: Hockey fans return to their obsession

Wait, hockey’s back on? Oops. Was I the only one who hadn’t noticed it was gone? Well, that’s not quite true. Thinking back on it, it was obvious to any Victorian that hockey was on hiatus. The bars were more laid-back, more pleasant, more convivial.
Graham Thomson: Alberta Tories raise money for Christy Clark

Graham Thomson: Alberta Tories raise money for Christy Clark

Politics sometimes makes for strange bedfellows, but few are stranger than the unlikely coupling that took place in Calgary Thursday — some of Alberta’s best-known Conservatives held a special fundraising event for, of all things, Liberals.
¡Me encanta el chimichurri de Geoffrey!

¡Me encanta el chimichurri de Geoffrey!

Chimichurri over poached eggs...take that Hollandaise! You can get through life without knowing how to tango, speak Spanish, or navigate the cosmopolitan streets of Buenos Aires...
Food Porn.

Food Porn.

Gourmet smut. You know you've seen it, you know you've liked it, and you've probably even used a search engine to find more of it on the Internet. Know this, you are not alone.
Naomi Lakritz: Even superheroes can’t dodge correctness

Naomi Lakritz: Even superheroes can’t dodge correctness

Just last month, we learned that Santa Claus is a bad influence on kids because he smokes a pipe. In fact, the classic poem, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, was revised to eliminate the pipe so that kids wouldn’t see a picture of Santa smoking.
Les Leyne: Premier Christy Clark solves auditor-general debacle

Les Leyne: Premier Christy Clark solves auditor-general debacle

The independence of MLAs on special selection committees is fully supported by Premier Christy Clark.
Comment: Earthquake insurance saves more than you know

Comment: Earthquake insurance saves more than you know

A letter-writer suggested Tuesday that “earthquake insurance doesn’t make sense.