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TC10K - The epic race

TC10K - The epic race

The TC10K is quite simply an epic race. For hundreds of people every year, it’s their first race ever.
Shannon Corregan: Cellphone etiquette isn’t complicated

Shannon Corregan: Cellphone etiquette isn’t complicated

Most of us learn about correct behaviour by being taught, both explicitly and implicitly. Explicitly, we’re taught to say please and thank you and to hold the door open for people behind us.
Monique Keiran: Dimming lights brightens birds’ prospects

Monique Keiran: Dimming lights brightens birds’ prospects

Tomorrow night, at 8:30 p.m., many people, businesses and institutions here on the eco-friendly south coast will be turning out the lights.
Comment: Higher costs lurk in long term with P3s

Comment: Higher costs lurk in long term with P3s

The idea put forward by Gwyn Morgan (“P3s bridge infrastructure funding gap,” March 26) that P3s are filling a funding gap doesn’t add up. Private-sector providers of services and infrastructure are not in the charity business.
Les Leyne: Changes to ALR cause for suspicion

Les Leyne: Changes to ALR cause for suspicion

You can understand why some are suspicious of the B.C. Liberals’ changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve, given the cockeyed way they made them.
Dave Obee: Raeside proves our province is full of laughs

Dave Obee: Raeside proves our province is full of laughs

Given that you’re reading this page, you probably already know all about Adrian Raeside. He has had a lock on a chunk of real estate near the top of the page since we started buying his cartoons three and a half decades ago. Odds are, you’re a fan.
David Bly: Manners are more than choosing forks

David Bly: Manners are more than choosing forks

Because of a belief that food should go into one’s mouth with a minimum of noise and backsplash, I tried to instil in my children some basic table manners. “What if you had the opportunity to dine with the Queen?” I told them.
Harry Sterling: Turkey’s democracy at stake in Sunday’s vote

Harry Sterling: Turkey’s democracy at stake in Sunday’s vote

The future of authentic democracy in Turkey could very well be at risk on Sunday.
Les Leyne: How the port truckers strike was settled

Les Leyne: How the port truckers strike was settled

It was clearly a moment of triumph for Premier Christy Clark and her government. The six-week strike at Port Metro Vancouver that only showed signs of getting worse instead came to a peaceful end over the course of Wednesday.
Comment: Magazine overlooks Alberni’s strong points

Comment: Magazine overlooks Alberni’s strong points

We had a recent shock here in Port Alberni, quite unlike the one that occurred 50 years ago when the great tsunami entered our inlet destroying many homes and businesses, yet sparing all lives.