Opinion

Two back-to-back beverage announcements and dozens of news releases in the last week leave the strong impression an election is coming.

I’ve lived in Victoria for more than 20 years, and one of things I love best about our city is the Dallas Road beach.

Herbert Spencer coined the phrase, "survival of the fittest," and I have always thought of it in a rather Darwinian way i.e. "better adapted for immediate, local environment." However, now I think of it every time I step on a treadmill.

B.C. New Democrats had a record fundraising year in 2012, but a few members will be squirming uncomfortably when they look at the books.

There’s a good chance that many readers of this column could distinguish between formal language, jargon, colloquial language and figurative language.

Last week, Novartis was denied a new patent in India for the modified version of its chemotherapy agent imatinib (marketed as Gleevec or Glivec). Many are calling this a landmark case.

How does one cultivate spirituality in children? Spirituality has the reputation of being ethereal and difficult, or at least that’s its public persona.

On March 29, the Times Colonist editorial stated: “Hospice is a good investment.” I couldn’t agree more.

The notion that Canada’s government has quietly orchestrated a Cyprus-style response to an impending bank failure, and that the big banks are coming for your savings, is a thing of beauty, as far as conspiracy theories go.

Anyone who checks Jamie Graham’s lineage would understand why Victoria’s chief constable, who is to retire at the end of the year, stands behind his police officers when they’re accused of going too far.