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Les Leyne: Selling overhaul in how B.C. Ferries sells tickets
Ferry users will have to be pried away from the show-up-and-go model that has lasted for more than 50 years if B.C. Ferries is going to succeed with major changes to its fare system.
Dec 4, 2014 3:39 PM
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Comment: Food banks a Band-Aid on a gaping wound
Here we go again. Respected institutions such as the CBC and the Times Colonist are urging us to support our local food banks, and thus we loyal listeners and readers risk sliding into the belief that food banks are a good thing.
Dec 4, 2014 3:07 PM
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Comment: Safer smoking — the future of e-cigarettes
It’s safe to say everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health. We’ve all watched the emotionally charged commercials and seen the gruesome images attached to every cigarette package.
Dec 3, 2014 2:54 PM
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I was born without an OFF switch...
Or a STOP button....and I'm not even sure that I even have PAUSE. This is a bit of a problem when it comes to working, talking, fitness, eating, drinking, and well, pretty much everything. For example...
Dec 3, 2014 2:17 PM
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Generosity
Why are some people spontaneously generous, while for others generosity seems so difficult? Generosity may not feel like a natural response to life. So often we feel there is not enough to go around.
Dec 3, 2014 9:38 AM
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Geoff Johnson: Hiring right school district staff an art form
School boards, even this early in the school year, are beginning to appraise their situation regarding June retirements of senior personnel.
Dec 3, 2014 12:11 AM
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Les Leyne: Christy Clark accuses Horgan and NDP of gender bias
Of course the New Democrats have been “dismissive” of Premier Christy Clark. Who wasn’t? Nearly everyone was dismissive during her two years as premier before the 2013 election.
Dec 2, 2014 5:12 PM
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Les Leyne: Youth mental-health care gaps concern MLAs
Government MLAs don’t often make a practice of criticizing the government, but the youth mental-health issue in B.C. is so serious that reluctance seems to have gone by the wayside.
Dec 2, 2014 3:55 PM
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Paula Simons: We shame the victim when we hide the name
In Nova Scotia, a judge regretfully imposes a publication ban on the name of a dead teenager who was victimized by a peculiar kind of child pornography. All of Canada already knows her name and her face.
Dec 2, 2014 3:55 PM
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Comment: Volunteering shows pride in our community
We need to encourage people to volunteer and remove perceptions of “fear” that drive people away from this behaviour. I remember years ago deciding I was going to pick up garbage along a street because nobody else was doing it. It appeared unloved.
Dec 2, 2014 7:57 AM
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