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Dave Obee: Don’t let politics interfere with data access

Dave Obee: Don’t let politics interfere with data access

Much more information about your ancestors, about the early history of Victoria — about the entire country, in fact — will soon be available on your own computer, or at least at your local library.
Les Leyne: Polak’s job: Ensure projects are clean

Les Leyne: Polak’s job: Ensure projects are clean

Newly sworn-in Environment Minister Mary Polak was less than impressed Tuesday with Enbridge’s explanation about why it should be allowed to pipe heavy oil across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and ship it off the coast. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Comment: Western premiers need an infrastructure plan

Comment: Western premiers need an infrastructure plan

The western premiers wrapped up their annual conference Monday in Winnipeg. For the third year in a row, the premiers identified a lack of federal clarity on infrastructure investment as an ongoing issue and called for discussions with Ottawa.
"Exhausted, Glorious and Fully Alive" : The West Coast Trail and the Spirituality of Pilgrimage

"Exhausted, Glorious and Fully Alive" : The West Coast Trail and the Spirituality of Pilgrimage

At a recent church meeting, a colleague noted that in Europe the Churches are empty, but the pilgrimage sites are filled to overflowing.
Les Leyne: Pipeline ‘would prevent fiscal disaster’

Les Leyne: Pipeline ‘would prevent fiscal disaster’

While all manner of environmental catastrophes have been contemplated during months of hearings into Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline plan, the company itself raised the possibility of a disaster of a different sort on Monday.
Graham Thomson: New BFF: Clark, Redford cosy up in Kelowna

Graham Thomson: New BFF: Clark, Redford cosy up in Kelowna

When premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford held an exuberant joint news conference in Kelowna on Friday, they didn’t just hit the reset button on their relationship, they hit the erase button.
Weigh-in Wednesday #19

Weigh-in Wednesday #19

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 - Finally a loss...only 1.9 pounds, but a loss nonetheless! Not seeing the scale go down as much as I would have liked it to in the previous couple of weeks took it's toll on my psyche.
Comment: MPs need courage in the face of cluster munitions

Comment: MPs need courage in the face of cluster munitions

As two girls growing up in Victoria, neither of us has heard about cluster munitions. Also known as cluster bombs, these are large bombs that scatter dozens or hundreds of smaller sub-munitions across an area the size of two or more football fields.
Iain Hunter: Fitting in is what adult life is all about

Iain Hunter: Fitting in is what adult life is all about

This is the season of high-school graduation ceremonies, celebrating the launching of unsuspecting youth upon an equally unsuspecting world and everyone professing to feel good about it.
Mark Milke: sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s archeological bureaucracy is costly

Mark Milke: sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s archeological bureaucracy is costly

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is a prosperous country, and one critical reason for that is our mostly secure approach to property rights.