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Jack Knox: Shovelling money out of our economy gives us the Black Friday blues

Jack Knox: Shovelling money out of our economy gives us the Black Friday blues

Since the phenomenon spilled into sa国际传媒, it turned out we were just as capable as our neighbours of going all Lord Of The Flies on each other if you dangled a $12 toaster in front of our faces.
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Jack Knox: After Holodomor, more grim history for Ukrainian newcomers to pass down

Jack Knox: After Holodomor, more grim history for Ukrainian newcomers to pass down

It was the frost-damaged potatoes that saved Iryna Starostina鈥檚 starving grandparents.
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Jack Knox: Ten-plaque bench is a celebration, not a memorial

Jack Knox: Ten-plaque bench is a celebration, not a memorial

Most commemorative benches, picnic tables and other pieces of public furniture are dedicated to people only after they鈥檙e gone. Most are in loving memory of the dearly departed, not the happily here.
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Jack Knox: Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry, one tomato at a time

Jack Knox: Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry, one tomato at a time

The volunteers who sort the food donated to Nanaimo鈥檚 Loaves and Fishes never know what鈥檚 going to be in the bins that pour into the warehouse each day
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Jack Knox: The Cordova Bay Blitzkrieg, or Battle of the Drainboard

Jack Knox: The Cordova Bay Blitzkrieg, or Battle of the Drainboard

Happily, when the Royal Canadian Air Force accidentally attacked Mrs. A. Bramwell鈥檚 house 80 years ago, there were no casualties other than some kitchenware
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Jack Knox: Nourish Cowichan tries to ensure no child goes through school day on an empty stomach

Jack Knox: Nourish Cowichan tries to ensure no child goes through school day on an empty stomach

The sa国际传媒 Christmas Fund has helped to fund the work of Nourish Cowichan
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Jack Knox: So many stories, so few Second World War vets left to tell them

Jack Knox: So many stories, so few Second World War vets left to tell them

Of the dozens of veterans of the Second World War who shared their stories with me over the years, only a few are still with us
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Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth鈥檚 work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn鈥檛 we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?
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Jack Knox: As monarch vanishes from ferries, take a deep breath

Jack Knox: As monarch vanishes from ferries, take a deep breath

sa国际传媒 Ferries has decided to not only remove the Queen鈥檚 portrait from its vessels, but to rid itself of the royal presence altogether: It will not replace the pictures with ones of King Charles
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Jack Knox: Saanich councillor wants to merge fire departments

Jack Knox: Saanich councillor wants to merge fire departments

Saanich Coun. Colin Plant thinks his municipality, Victoria, Esquimalt and Oak Bay should consider dumping cumbersome inter-municipal agreements, combining forces and deploying firefighters as needed
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