Opinion

A Saanich single mother who hung her hopes of survival on a last-chance cancer drug after years of being misdiagnosed has died.

Two-step verification is in vogue for logging into secure websites. You type in a password, then you wait for a code to be sent to you, typically via text, a smartphone app, email, or a recorded phone message. Google uses two-step.

What kind of historical figures will we celebrate after 150 years of Confederation? The question got some traction last week after a Canadian Press story about answers to that query.

Dear Julie: I just wanted you to know how impressed we all are with your 2014 English 12 results. Finally, the B.C.

Margaret Runsewe has taken a lot of things in stride during her nearly 93 years. By the time she was four, she had learned to weigh candy and answer the phone in the little shop her mother ran in England.

How can I learn to run happy, even faster, and for many, many more years? Apparently, be like a cool baboon.

Pat Vickers’ daughter phoned her at 6:30 Thursday morning and told her to turn on the TV. She did, and they both started crying.

One century ago, a sound occurred that continues to ring today. The singular blast was neither broadcast nor recorded. Nevertheless, it echoes through all of our lives today — not as sound waves, but as long, slow swells through our social fabric.

Public funding for private schools is at odds with creating a more equitable, just, and democratic society.

The understanding that nature benefits our mental and physical health seems obvious. However, the outdoors is now being touted as a new therapy called “ ecotherapy ” – or restorative contact with nature.