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As 2013 drew to a close, we counted up what people were looking at on timescolonist.com. That led to this popular list of the 25 most-read stories of the previous 365 days.

Saanich delivered our new rolling garbage and kitchen scrap bins on Thursday. We鈥檙e not supposed to use them until April, when Saanich households will be required to put kitchen scraps in one bin and garbage in another.

The formal apology to Chinese-Canadians by the sa国际传媒 government for the way their ancestors were treated is still in the works. But most people are a bit vague on the details.

Ah, sa国际传媒! One of the things that makes the true north strong and free so great is that when it comes to our leaders, it isn鈥檛 necessary for heavily armed men to stand on guard for them.

In the taxi to the airport in England, for the trip home to Victoria, my host became ill, and we diverted to a hospital emergency room. I missed my flight. I bought another ticket and thought I would just have to absorb the extra cost.

For those returning home after the holidays, here鈥檚 a question you might have pondered: Why does it cost so much to travel? Answer: government policy. Consider two examples, starting with taxi fares.

There鈥檚 a development in the liquor world that is overshadowed by all the news about happy hour and kids being allowed in pubs.

Like so many fellow skateboarders and cyclists, many mornings on my way to work I have daydreams that the roads were completely vehicle-free. That I could go full-tilt down the hill and not worry that a vehicle would become an obstacle.

As many of us have done in recent months, I have been thinking about the legacy of Nelson Mandela. In my last blog, I wrote about one of the most important lessons from Mandela鈥檚 life 鈥� forgiveness.

British Columbia鈥檚 final submission to the joint review panel that weighed all the evidence on the Northern Gateway pipeline took the commonly held view that an oil spill would have 鈥渟evere effects.鈥� Even Northern Gateway acknowledged as much.