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Anyone remember the glory days, when Vancouver Island had two representatives in the Senate? Didn’t think so. That was a long time ago. It happened twice — from 1897 to 1915, and then from 1917 to 1935.

Income inequality is in the minds of Canadians these days, particularly those minds who think they should have more income and others less.

I recently received a Facebook message from a former classmate of mine. It was a link to a newspaper article about a man in New Zealand, titled “We were hippies about it.

Here on the coast, where concerns about frost pass sooner, the warm-weather construction season begins earlier than most places in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. At home, Nature Boy and I are moving on to Book 3 in the ongoing saga of our kitchen renovation.

From now until the end of the month, it is likely that in a restaurant somewhere you’ll find a large table put together with a group of people engaged in animated discussion.

Decades after its first mission in 1948, United Nations peacekeeping is as controversial today as it was then. Sixty-five years ago this week, on May 29, 1948, officers were sent to monitor the truce established following the first Arab-Israeli war.

In the crop year 2011-12, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ exported 32.1 million tonnes of grain and wheat flour. That’s pretty close to one tonne for every man, woman and child in the country.

It’s always exciting when Canadian problems make American news. We like to know when they’re talking about us, if only to verify that they haven’t completely forgotten we’re here.

Sunday i s Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue ’s big day: the re-enactment of a historic parade that occurred with great fanfare on June 2, 1863.

While acknowledging the challenges faced by Victoria’s downtown as a result of the economic downturn, it is important to recognize the great work that is being done in our community to boost downtown’s capacity to remain the economic driver of our re