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Figuring out how to eat unfamiliar foods properly, like dosa

Figuring out how to eat unfamiliar foods properly, like dosa

Sushi, marinated chicken feet, pho, extra-tall burgers, ramen, raw oysters, injera, prawns, crab, Indian buffets, extra-rare steak, spiral-cut ham.
Reality bites...

Reality bites...

Considering my last blog post, I thought this was rather hilarious. Why get all philosophical anyway, eh? Life is short...make fun of it. Haha...
TC 10K race report: Sun, wind, rain, cast of thousands

TC 10K race report: Sun, wind, rain, cast of thousands

The TC 10K wouldn’t be what it is without the thousands who become a jostling mass of humanity – people all sizes, shapes, ages and abilities who race, jog, walk and limp through Victoria’s streets.
Lawrie McFarlane: Research should be better co-ordinated

Lawrie McFarlane: Research should be better co-ordinated

The province’s advanced education minister made a remark the other day that caught my attention. Amrik Virk said the province has funded $300 million worth of research projects at B.C.
David Bly: An occupation is about more than a salary

David Bly: An occupation is about more than a salary

The remark tossed to a colleague — “I’m off to be tortured, then robbed” — was announcing a trip to the dentist. A bit of glib humour, perhaps, but unfair and untrue, if taken literally.
Comment: Support for the arts is a gift to the community

Comment: Support for the arts is a gift to the community

An inspiring story will be retold in a special concert by the Victoria Symphony this October in the Bay Street Armoury, to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
Instant karma's gonna get you...

Instant karma's gonna get you...

Instant karma's gonna get you...
It's Josh, by gosh

It's Josh, by gosh

Josh Reaume is a breath of fresh air. The 23-year-old Highlands resident, who is attempting to make it on the NASCAR Nationwide circuit via a six-race trial with Rick Ware Racing, answered a late text on Friday night.
Les Leyne: Student-loan defaults not whole story

Les Leyne: Student-loan defaults not whole story

The high default rate on student loans to people in private training colleges was cited as one of the reasons the government is shutting down the self-regulating agency that oversees the industry and taking over that function itself.
Monique Keiran: B.C. nurse practitioners are being overlooked

Monique Keiran: B.C. nurse practitioners are being overlooked

The B.C. government sometimes seems to suffer from attention deficit disorder. Take the case of B.C.’s nurse practitioners. The province began regulating these health-care professionals in 2005.