Opinion

The political aspect to this week’s Supreme Court decision on the B.C. Teachers Federation case is pretty clear. It’s one of the most severe findings a court has issued about government conduct in years. The B.C.

OK. Maybe it’s more that I agree with Pope Francis. Still, it’s interesting that both the Pope and I expressed opinions last week on the Internet and a need for slowing down.

Just when you think everything is easy peasy and you can't lose (or can...as the case may be)...you go up. Gravity sucks.

Where have I been? Certainly not blogging...that's for sure. It's been 12 days since my last post. Yikes.

If ever there were an argument needed for the development of a senior-secondary course called “Living in Canada,” it is bolstered further by the StatsCan report that more than one-quarter of the 7.

It might be wise old King Solomon who is credited with the phrase, “there is nothing new under the sun,” but anyone who has read brochures put out by municipal election candidates can attest to that pearl of wisdom.

Profanity. Racial epithets. Fake names. Name-calling. Cruelty. All of this in the comments sections for stories on our website. Most of them overnight on Sunday. I won't go into the specifics of what people were saying, it was just that awful.

Continuing the tale of my trip on Via Rail’s The Canadian, from Vancouver to Toronto in January, on a Tuesday-to- Saturday train. Not real time dispatches because of lack of cell and Wi-Fi. I am also goofing off.

Late on June 26, 2012, with just a few days left in the school year, the B.C. Teachers Federation reached a surprise deal with the government. It ended a year’s worth of labour headaches in schools.

Re: “Storm sewers carry pollution,” editorial, Jan. 19. The editorial clearly identifies the public health concern for the many rainwater drains around the coastline of Greater Victoria.