Opinion

The New Democrat Opposition did their sworn duty and criticized the new-old budget right through the passage of second reading on Monday. And they revealed as much about themselves as they did about the budget over the past week.

Saturday was bound to be a long day, with four flights taking us from Brisbane to Sydney to San Francisco to Vancouver and then to Victoria. From hotel to home, 28 hours.

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I suspect that David Suzuki and I agree on a great many things. His criticism of cyclists – OK, scofflaw cyclists – is not one of them.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013 - Very happy to be writing this blog post, partly because I get to report yet another loss, and partly because it means that I haven't been slain in traffic on my bike.

Politicians have a knack of rising to occasions without bothering too much about what the occasions are. Premier Christy Clark is no exception.

A deer was killed by a car not far from our home, and my grandchildren were delighted.

There was a bit of a public thrash this week about the future of newspapers, after CTV aired stories questioning the future of the Vancouver Sun and The Province.

Victoria recently licensed 26 mobile food vendors to ply downtown residents and workers with grab-and-go lunches. Although a far cry from the 114 wheeled eateries licensed to operate on Vancouver’s downtown streets, it’s a welcome start.

...actually it IS riding a bike...a bicycle that has lived in the hallway of my loft for about the last 3 months.