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Pope Francis agrees with me!

Pope Francis agrees with me!

OK. Maybe it鈥檚 more that I agree with Pope Francis. Still, it鈥檚 interesting that both the Pope and I expressed opinions last week on the Internet and a need for slowing down.
My complicated relationship with gravity.

My complicated relationship with gravity.

Just when you think everything is easy peasy and you can't lose (or can...as the case may be)...you go up. Gravity sucks.
Lost in translation...

Lost in translation...

Where have I been? Certainly not blogging...that's for sure. It's been 12 days since my last post. Yikes.
Geoff Johnson: Students need a modern version of 鈥榗ivics鈥

Geoff Johnson: Students need a modern version of 鈥榗ivics鈥

If ever there were an argument needed for the development of a senior-secondary course called 鈥淟iving in sa国际传媒,鈥 it is bolstered further by the StatsCan report that more than one-quarter of the 7.
Comment: This fall, city candidates should steal better ideas

Comment: This fall, city candidates should steal better ideas

It might be wise old King Solomon who is credited with the phrase, 鈥渢here is nothing new under the sun,鈥 but anyone who has read brochures put out by municipal election candidates can attest to that pearl of wisdom.
Commenters, it was a heck of a weekend

Commenters, it was a heck of a weekend

Profanity. Racial epithets. Fake names. Name-calling. Cruelty. All of this in the comments sections for stories on our website. Most of them overnight on Sunday. I won't go into the specifics of what people were saying, it was just that awful.
Vancouver to Toronto: running for the train after it leaves, and more

Vancouver to Toronto: running for the train after it leaves, and more

Continuing the tale of my trip on Via Rail鈥檚 The Canadian, from Vancouver to Toronto in January, on a Tuesday-to- Saturday train. Not real time dispatches because of lack of cell and Wi-Fi. I am also goofing off.
Les Leyne: Government conned parents and kids

Les Leyne: Government conned parents and kids

Late on June 26, 2012, with just a few days left in the school year, the sa国际传媒 Teachers Federation reached a surprise deal with the government. It ended a year鈥檚 worth of labour headaches in schools.
Comment: Storm drains are a public health concern

Comment: Storm drains are a public health concern

Re: 鈥淪torm sewers carry pollution,鈥 editorial, Jan. 19. The editorial clearly identifies the public health concern for the many rainwater drains around the coastline of Greater Victoria.
Iain Hunter: Harper鈥檚 statements don鈥檛 change policy

Iain Hunter: Harper鈥檚 statements don鈥檛 change policy

Some Canadians seem puzzled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper鈥檚 expedition to Israel last week. They wonder what benefits sa国际传媒 or Israel got from it.