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Comment: Health-care system very aware of Lyme disease

Comment: Health-care system very aware of Lyme disease

In response to Gwen Barlee’s commentary “B.C. needs to move ahead on Lyme disease,” (June 17), I would like to state that the B.C. health-care system is very aware of Lyme disease and that agencies such as the B.C.
Learn more about the TC . . . and you don't even have to read!

Learn more about the TC . . . and you don't even have to read!

I'm here to help you, gentle digital reader, discover all there is to love about the Times Colonist and its digital products. So let's put some of the "multi" into multimedia news organization.
A Buddhist Response to Terrorism - Part 2

A Buddhist Response to Terrorism - Part 2

What causes terrorism? Failure to understand the causes dooms us to inadequate or even ruinous responses. Is it really as simple as many, such as former president G. W.
Comment: Lessons from the Northern Gateway decision

Comment: Lessons from the Northern Gateway decision

The Harper government’s approval of the Enbridge pipeline is certainly not surprising. The prime minister announced his support for the controversial project before the hearings even began.
We are a hippie city

We are a hippie city

A relative is back in Victoria after living elsewhere in Canada. She spent a few days re-absorbing the character of the town and then offered some observations. Victoria is not typical, she said. All sorts of things are done differently here.
Les Leyne: Report exposes salary shenanigans

Les Leyne: Report exposes salary shenanigans

A senior Mountie gets appointed to a university board on the strength of his illustrious career and winds up on the human resources committee searching for new executives.
William Watson: Canada shouldn’t subsidize ‘beautiful game’

William Watson: Canada shouldn’t subsidize ‘beautiful game’

What’s a men’s Olympic hockey gold medal worth to you? Not: How much would you pay for the physical medal if it were for sale on eBay? But rather: It’s the third period, the game is tied, how much would you pay to have Canada win? It’s obviously hard
Graham Thomson: Northern Gateway plan is still a pipe dream

Graham Thomson: Northern Gateway plan is still a pipe dream

Was anybody surprised by the federal government’s decision to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline? Within milliseconds of the government flashing the green light, interest groups on both sides of the debate hit the send button on their pre-written
Les Leyne: ‘Social licence’ comes home to roost

Les Leyne: ‘Social licence’ comes home to roost

As major development proposals piled up in B.C. over the past few years, a phrase started cropping up more and more often in discussions about their implications. “Social licence.
Comment: B.C. needs to move ahead on Lyme disease

Comment: B.C. needs to move ahead on Lyme disease

Last week, Lyme disease patients across Canada cheered as Elizabeth May’s private member’s bill on Lyme disease passed third reading.