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Comment: Boosting services funding will aid the economy

Comment: Boosting services funding will aid the economy

An election, no matter which party forms government, is always an opportunity for renewal. As social workers, we know that individual and family well-being is intrinsically tied to the community, to its economic, social and cultural health.
Comment: sa国际传媒 missing tourism potential of film industry

Comment: sa国际传媒 missing tourism potential of film industry

Match the places to these film names: Lord of the Rings, Mamma Mia and X-Men. If you immediately thought of New Zealand, Greece and Royal Roads University in Victoria, then you understand how powerful a movie setting can be.
Shannon Corregan: The good and bad of election signs

Shannon Corregan: The good and bad of election signs

Conservative candidate Scott Anderson has recently taken a stand against 鈥渟ign pollution鈥 in his Okanagan riding. He鈥檚 reducing the number of political signs in his campaign, and he鈥檚 encouraging his opponents to do so as well.
Kate Heartfield: Don鈥檛 wait for the courts to change bad laws

Kate Heartfield: Don鈥檛 wait for the courts to change bad laws

A new study on sex work is further confirmation, if any were needed, that sa国际传媒鈥檚 prostitution laws are badly out of date and harmful. Two court decisions have said so, too, and soon the Supreme Court will pronounce. But there鈥檚 no need to wait.
Signs that spring is here

Signs that spring is here

Spring has arrived. Here are the tell tale signs: 1. Ollie the Pug is feasting on grass cuttngs. For some reason, our pug dog loves to eat freshly cut grass.
Weigh-in Wednesday #13

Weigh-in Wednesday #13

So, no more sa国际传媒 Heath Challenge...and where does that leave me? Well, I'm sitting here blogging in the lobby of the Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre, so that should tell you something.
Comment: Tax on legal services doesn鈥檛 fulfil its purpose

Comment: Tax on legal services doesn鈥檛 fulfil its purpose

As of April 1, the sa国际传媒 Liberals鈥 ill-fated experiment with the harmonized sales tax came to an end. As a result, you no longer pay an extra seven per cent tax on services you purchase. There is one exception: legal fees.
L. Ian MacDonald: No better time to debate terror legislation

L. Ian MacDonald: No better time to debate terror legislation

The Conservative government鈥檚 Combating Terrorism Act, S-7, originated in the Senate nearly two years ago, and has been making stately progress toward adoption by the House of Commons.
David Bly: Money not the total solution to poverty

David Bly: Money not the total solution to poverty

The phrase 鈥渃hild poverty鈥 is cause to squirm 鈥 poverty is poverty, regardless of whom it afflicts. That is not to dump on the sa国际传媒
Liberals warn of centre-right split in Parksville-Qualicum

Liberals warn of centre-right split in Parksville-Qualicum

The sa国际传媒 Liberals have recruited a veteran political voice to warn of the dangers of splitting the centre-right vote in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum. Jack Weisgerber, the former leader of the sa国际传媒