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Fate of the Lone Farmer. Climate change and its effect on the poor

Fate of the Lone Farmer. Climate change and its effect on the poor

Most of you are aware of the Climate Conference in Lima, Peru . Did you watch any of the videos of Peruvian farmers’ interviews? Those tell a whole lot about why the world needs to seriously wrestle down climate change.
Trevor Hancock: What makes us healthy? Hint: It’s not health care

Trevor Hancock: What makes us healthy? Hint: It’s not health care

This is the first of a series of columns about health.
J.L. Granatstein: Low oil prices start of Saudis’ long game

J.L. Granatstein: Low oil prices start of Saudis’ long game

How does a manufacturer beat down his competitors? Flood the market with goods and sell them at a low price, hoping to drive competitors into the ground. That, in essence, is what Saudi Arabia is doing with its recent tactics with its oil.
Comment: Climate talks: A long road from Lima to Paris

Comment: Climate talks: A long road from Lima to Paris

Walking through the streets of Lima on Wednesday in that nation’s largest-ever march for climate action, I turned to a friend and said: “If you had told me when I started working on this issue in 1986 that I would still be in climate marches when I w
Comment: Victoria building relations with First Nations

Comment: Victoria building relations with First Nations

At the beginning of the City of Victoria’s inaugural council meeting on Dec. 4, I began with a declaration that acknowledged the lands in the City of Victoria as the traditional territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt nations.
“Tuques” and disappearing tweets

“Tuques” and disappearing tweets

I doesn't seem to matter how much evidence is presented , Canadians (and Times Colonist readers) will spell "tuque" however they want.
Mark Milke: Governments and policies keep prices high

Mark Milke: Governments and policies keep prices high

Canadian shoppers have long paid higher prices for consumer goods. For many Canadians, the price differences are most noticeable when they shop in the United States.
Geoff Johnson: No one’s festival should cause offence

Geoff Johnson: No one’s festival should cause offence

When it comes to accommodating individual religious practices, Canadian law appears to support the contention that Canadian society is “inclusively secular.
Monique Keiran: Biggest pipeline battles are still ahead

Monique Keiran: Biggest pipeline battles are still ahead

Enbridge first proposed Kitimat as the West Coast terminus of its Northern Gateway pipeline a decade ago. The company has been defending the choice ever since. For much of the ensuing time, attention has focused tightly on that project.
Colin Kenny: 10 signs that someone is being radicalized

Colin Kenny: 10 signs that someone is being radicalized

Colin Kenny If there were doubts remaining that Canada has a serious problem with domestic radicalization to violence, the events of this past year most surely brought them to a decisive end.