Opinion

In March 2009, three weeks before she died of dementia, I asked my mother if she remembered how we used to plant our favourite flowers, petunias, every spring. She replied, “We, we, we.

MOHAMMED ADAM Last week in South Africa, the world got a glimpse of how politicians often operate behind closed doors, and why so much is going wrong.

I found the commentary by Joanne Cave published Aug. 19 (“Silencing charities just the tip of the iceberg”) very disturbing.

Wars are horrific. They cause death, destruction, mutilation, displacement and trauma.

In my first career as a pharmacist, I worked in more than 30 pharmacies across Nova Scotia, filling more than 100,000 prescriptions between 1990 and 1995.

In January, Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. identified a potential treatment for the Ebola virus. The drug, called ZMapp, is not a cure, but a cocktail of antibodies that bind the virus and neutralize its action.

Amalgamation discussions are in the air, and you can feel the buzz beginning to build. Let’s suppose a referendum is held and more than 50 per cent of us agree we should consider municipal amalgamation.

I was slow to embrace the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival. A bunch of shows by no-name performers in makeshift theatres. I didn’t see a lot of reason to go. But then I did, and I was surprised by how much I liked it. That was around seven years ago.

More often than not, simple actions have profound implications. This is as true in Hindu rituals as it is true in real life. Take the Hindu ritual called Raksha Bandhan , which Hindus celebrated on August 10 th this year.

125 kilometres never felt so great. I suppose that the full police motorcade escorting us down the highway didn’t hurt. Sunday was the mock tour, like a dress rehearsal for the Tour de Rock.