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Les Leyne: A rare easy victory for Christy Clark

Les Leyne: A rare easy victory for Christy Clark

Premier Christy Clark dodged more than one awkward moment Wednesday night with her runaway romp in Westside-Kelowna. A defeat in the byelection would obviously have been a major humiliation.
Geoff Johnson: 鈥楪iftedness鈥 not limited to academic potential

Geoff Johnson: 鈥楪iftedness鈥 not limited to academic potential

Two challenging years teaching high-achieving kids in a 鈥渟elective鈥 secondary school in New South Wales back in the late 鈥60s was enough to kindle a lifelong interest in kids who, for whatever reason, have discovered that being good at something is t
Comment: Let鈥檚 see you walk a mile in their shoes

Comment: Let鈥檚 see you walk a mile in their shoes

When I was a little girl, my mother would plead with me to eat my liver and bacon with the predicable words: 鈥淭hink of the starving children in India.鈥 I was unmoved by her entreaties.
Antagonising my Croatian Conscience...and possibly embarrassing myself in the process.

Antagonising my Croatian Conscience...and possibly embarrassing myself in the process.

Daniel-san, my Croatian conscience, still teases me about my weight...even though I'm now catching up to him. So, I thought I'd add some fuel to the fire and send him a scantily clad picture of myself. Now, the thing is, when you've been 292 pounds..
Registering before commenting is not a plot to suppress free speech

Registering before commenting is not a plot to suppress free speech

Q: "Why, as a subscriber wishing to comment via mobile, am I FORCED to register with Disqus or whatever it's called? Is not that suppression of speech? This is a blatant wrong. Fix this.
Les Leyne: Leaked email sparks drug review debate

Les Leyne: Leaked email sparks drug review debate

Simmering suspicions over the sa国际传媒 Liberals鈥 attitude to a well-regarded drug review program reached the floor of the legislature Tuesday, by way of some leaked emails.
Graham Thomson: By pipeline or rail, shipping oil is dangerous

Graham Thomson: By pipeline or rail, shipping oil is dangerous

The debate over oil pipelines has hit a new high 鈥 or more correctly, a new low 鈥 in the wake of the fatal train derailment and explosion in the Quebec community of Lac-M茅gantic on Saturday.
Comment: CRD states its case on waste-water plant

Comment: CRD states its case on waste-water plant

On Monday, I appeared at the Esquimalt council鈥檚 public hearing to ask the council to approve the proposed amendments to the Esquimalt official community plan and zoning bylaws to accommodate the McLoughlin Point sewage treatment plant as requested b
Rolling into summer with Bike Ride

Rolling into summer with Bike Ride

I've said it before, but here it is again: Theatre Skam's Bike Ride is my favourite summer event.
The End of Suffering and the Cause of the End of Suffering

The End of Suffering and the Cause of the End of Suffering

The first teaching of Buddhism is four interrelated declarations known as the Four Noble Truths. The first two 鈥淣oble Truths鈥 are that suffering is pervasive and caused by craving.