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Les Leyne: The dome might be fine, after all

Les Leyne: The dome might be fine, after all

The twisting-dome crisis at the legislature deflated this week, as politicians decided to back up and take another look at the issue. Which is a common-sense move.
Facing up to our fear

Facing up to our fear

“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” People ask me what this means.
Comment: When the justice system leads to injustice

Comment: When the justice system leads to injustice

How should society respond to decreasing crime rates? Should we see this as an opportunity to reduce the number of people in our prisons? Or should we find ways to maintain and even increase our prison populations, just as has been done in the United
Shannon Corregan: Public libraries more relevant than ever

Shannon Corregan: Public libraries more relevant than ever

Every now and then, I’m reminded of how lucky we are to have public libraries.
Paula Simons: WestJet's slick marketing also a holiday treat

Paula Simons: WestJet's slick marketing also a holiday treat

WestJet has staged a Christmas miracle for some of its passengers — a holiday stunt that has proved a triumph of social media marketing. On a snowy Nov.
Comment: B.C. must stop ignoring child-poverty issue

Comment: B.C. must stop ignoring child-poverty issue

Another year has passed, but little has changed for B.C. children living in poverty. For a decade, child poverty has been more prevalent in B.C. than anywhere else in Canada. Recently, First Call B.C.
Geoff Johnson: Teacher support key to higher student scores

Geoff Johnson: Teacher support key to higher student scores

The latest results of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment are here, and Canadian educators face a winter of political discontent.
Les Leyne: B.C. mine policy has awkward moments

Les Leyne: B.C. mine policy has awkward moments

If the B.C. Chamber of Commerce is so ardently supportive of the New Prosperity mine, why don’t they go to the Cariboo to support it? The chamber came out in favour of the mine by staging a news conference — in downtown Vancouver.
Comment: A pledge all our politicians should support

Comment: A pledge all our politicians should support

As a “child of the ’60s,” I had hopes that the principled world we envisaged would come to pass. Instead, we have witnessed progress, at best, as two steps forward and one back.
Our 'new' website is now one year old

Our 'new' website is now one year old

Update: Since first posting this blog entry, I went back to see who has come to see us in our first year with the new website. Over the past 365 days: 20 million visits 8 million visitors 45 million pageviews Sounds like a lot to me.