Opinion

After my post about Saanich garbage not being picked up because of overfilled bins, I heard from people who are anxious about where to put those bins on collection day.

So it is done, then. The Supreme Court has spoken. It says the Senate of Canada cannot be changed, and now the politicians and commentators say so, too. That’s not really what the Supreme Court said.

You wouldn’t think Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick and Core Review Minister Bill Bennett would have any interpersonal communication problems.

I’d like to address a common misconception regarding the way in which we support youth as they transition out of government care.

My tummy. My stomach has been relatively flat (considering all the excess skin) for the last few months...but lately, I have noticed something. Something that happens after a big meal or after a weekend of indulging...the food baby.

My Dear SBNR Friend (continued), I have one more question, perhaps a better question than the one with which I started.

Closing the Victoria Youth Custody Centre is an almost indescribably foolish idea. It’s barely understandable when thinking about it in the short term — which is all the government is interested in. It’s absurd when considering it in the medium term.

I don’t take the bait anymore. When someone sends me a link to a video that promises to be “the funniest thing you’ll ever see!” or the cutest, or the strangest, most profound or amazing, or whatever superlative is applied to it, I don’t watch it.

A trio of University of Victoria mechanical and electrical engineers explain in their April 16 commentary that we need land-based sewage treatment because “there is too much uncertainty and thus too much risk for us not to take action … .

My Dear SBNR Friend (continued), The questions I posed yesterday are challenging for me.