Opinion

The subtle, quick-response game of table tennis is China’s game — Chinese players have won most of the world championships and Olympic gold medals in table tennis in the past 50 years. While the B.C.

When we opened the doors of the first Agricultural Land Commission office in 1973, there was a green carpet, a dozen telephones, hundreds of maps — and little else.

They are evil. They must be eradicated. They are a blight. I’m talking about weeds, dandelions specifically. We’ve been persuaded that a lawn dotted with dandelions is a bad thing. It’s clearly not the fashion to have a yard filled with dandelions.

Like police officers, there’s never a patch of stinging nettles around when you need one.

This past week, the House of Commons spent one hour debating a motion that calls for the federal government to work with the provinces to establish a national palliative-care and end-of-life strategy. An entire hour.

At the start of this year, Victoria welcomed a new police chief and a new police board, and we are working toward a new policing agreement for Victoria and Esquimalt.

New Zealand primary school principal Bruce McLachlan has attracted international attention to himself and his school, a 500-student Grades 1-8 school, by encouraging teachers to stop reprimanding students who race around the school’s playground on th

On a certain level, you have to appreciate the psychological warfare that goes into negotiations between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the agency representing school districts. It’s like watching chess grandmasters turn into guerrilla fighters.

Their very name indicates admission or entrance. A passport — from the French passer la porte, or pass through a port — is a document that allows a person to pass from one country to another, from one world to another, even from one life to another.

For Christians, the central event that defines our religious tradition will again be remembered and celebrated in just over a week - the death and resurrection of Jesus.