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Column: Government policies inflate travelling costs

Column: Government policies inflate travelling costs

If you consider a trip the typical Canadian family might have taken over the holiday season, you glimpse all the ways Canadian governments make travel more expensive.
Les Leyne: Dumping of auditor general is shrouded in secrecy

Les Leyne: Dumping of auditor general is shrouded in secrecy

There’s no question some Liberal MLAs are at the heart of the mysterious decision not to reappoint auditor general John Doyle for another term.
PICK ME, PICK ME, PICK ME!!!!! My Times Colonist Health Challenge application blurb

PICK ME, PICK ME, PICK ME!!!!! My Times Colonist Health Challenge application blurb

Hi, my name is Suzie Spitfyre...I'm 37 years old, 5'2", and to my shock and horror, 292 pounds. How I like to be seen...from the neck up.
Column: List of best novels needs Canadian writers

Column: List of best novels needs Canadian writers

I was going to tell you a story about my wife’s Mexican vacation here in La Paz, Mexico, and how in the space of a couple of days she swanned around with a gladiator called Rhino, had a horse fall on her and mislaid her underwear in a stranger’s hote
Column: Concerns about privacy go way too far

Column: Concerns about privacy go way too far

These days a lot of people profess to have what are called “privacy concerns.” So have I: I think there are too many of them. I suppose my attitude has something to do with my chosen craft.
Comment: Wolves savaged by management plan

Comment: Wolves savaged by management plan

Looking back at the year in conservation policy for 2012 in B.C.
Comment: Resolutions for a new economic model

Comment: Resolutions for a new economic model

January is a time when many people measure such things as waistlines, alcohol intake and fitness levels, and realize it’s time to make some lifestyle resolutions.
Column: Flu vaccinations make a good investment

Column: Flu vaccinations make a good investment

An elderly woman was found dead and three people sick with flu-like illness were taken off a Vancouver-Toronto train in Parry Sound, Ont., on Dec. 29. This incident demonstrates how serious infections like influenza can be.
Les Leyne: Public hearing security a bit overdone

Les Leyne: Public hearing security a bit overdone

The federal review hearing into the Northern Gateway pipeline at the Delta Ocean Pointe was just like going back to first-year university at Carleton.
Column: ‘Politically correct’ has become passé

Column: ‘Politically correct’ has become passé

This holiday season, I’ve been told, was all quiet on the PC front — meaning, I guess, that those pesky people who push politically correct language didn’t manage to ruin anyone’s Christmas this year.