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Discover the true Christmas Spirit

Discover the true Christmas Spirit

This may not be the most startling news you stumble across in this morning’s paper, but if you flip the page on your wall calendar today you will discover that tomorrow is December 1.
Comment: B.C.’s carbon tax defies standard political logic

Comment: B.C.’s carbon tax defies standard political logic

Tax is a bad word in politics. It is considered a sure-fire way to turn the public off a policy and to tank approval ratings. However, B.C. seems to be an exception to the rule. Dirty word though it might be, B.C.
David Sachs: Stephen Harper puts Conservatives in a bind

David Sachs: Stephen Harper puts Conservatives in a bind

The conservative mindset understands that power tends to corrupt. How far will we let it corrupt us? I have been involved in party work for more than a decade and I call on other party members to demand answers or resignation from our leader.
Shannon Corregan: Child’s welfare trumps dogs’ well-being

Shannon Corregan: Child’s welfare trumps dogs’ well-being

There was a bit of an argument last week between the RCMP and people in Campbell River. In early November, an 11-year-old girl in Kyuquot Sound was attacked and seriously bitten by some stray dogs.
Duke hopes to be king of kick

Duke hopes to be king of kick

He stands six feet tall, but weighs in at just 156 pounds, soaking wet. A gangly football player in every sense of the word.
Comment: Victoria woefully behind on cycling plan

Comment: Victoria woefully behind on cycling plan

How can the City of Victoria improve and design its transportation network to encourage people of all ages and abilities to cycle more often? That’s the question Victoria must address in its Bicycle Master Plan Update, launched last week by city coun
L. Ian MacDonald: Conservatives scrape by in byelection test

L. Ian MacDonald: Conservatives scrape by in byelection test

The four byelections on Monday turned out to be a wash between the Conservatives and the Liberals, with the NDP having to settle for moral victories.
Mark Milke: Canada’s advantage: the rule of law

Mark Milke: Canada’s advantage: the rule of law

A journey outside of one’s own borders can be a reminder of why certain places function better than others.
Comment: Be very cautious with life-ending legislation

Comment: Be very cautious with life-ending legislation

This is another physician’s view on assisted suicide in response to the Nov. 23 commentary by Dr. Adrian Fine. As a retired kidney specialist, Fine, in all likelihood, witnessed people dying primarily in kidney failure after discontinuing dialysis.
Andrew Cohen: Contrarian Canada jeers from the cheap seats

Andrew Cohen: Contrarian Canada jeers from the cheap seats

The long-awaited nuclear agreement with Iran was only hours old, but that did not prevent John Baird from summoning the media to convey a reflexive and reliable hostility.
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