Opinion

This weekend take some time to be transported to colorful and vibrant India, right here in Victoria. Come and experience India's classical, folk and Bollywood dancing and music, henna painting and wonderful food.

It was called a “balanced package of reforms,” but it looks a lot more like a strict crackdown on the temporary foreign workers program.

Why is everyone so mad at Justice Minister Peter MacKay? Look closely at the comment he made to the Ontario Bar Association. It makes no sense at all.

So Canada’s federal government has finally approved construction of the proposed Enbridge pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to Kitimat, and thence by ocean to China.

With gems like a bike ride with Jack Knox, tickets to the Nutcracker and a load of horse manure (seriously), it’s no surprise that the Times Colonist’s Go Bid auction raised more than $1,100 for my Tour de Rock fundraising campaign.

It’s counter-intuitive. New dishwashers tend to run a lot longer than older machines, yet the new ones are advertised as using less electricity and less water. “Normal” cycles stretch to two hours and beyond, vs. around one hour for older machines.

‘Now, it is our turn.” By the second day of a recent investment conference for Iraqis based in the United Kingdom, the rift between Sunnis and Shiites was clear.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation vs. B.C. government debacle of recent days has not been without some redeeming educational value. Not at all.

Heading up Millstream Road last week, I was startled by the sight of a large black dog running toward us beside the road.

Over the past two decades, the general Canadian attitude toward wait times for medical treatment seems to have evolved into a resigned acceptance of this ostensibly “mild nuisance” in an otherwise excellent system. It’s time for a reality check.