SGT. BILL BOLDT’S letter, penned while convalescing in France, began on a reassuring note. “Now Sis, don’t be alarmed,” he wrote, referring to the Red Cross [Continue]
SEVEN YEARS AGO, after someone spray-painted ugly black swastikas on five grave markers, I wandered around Victoria’s Jewish cemetery, looking at some of the names. Here [Continue]
GOOD MORNING class. Time for a current events quiz. Pick up your pencils and begin. 1. In the U.S., they’re up in arms (as it were) over pipe bombs being mailed through the [Continue]
TOMMY CHONG almost didn’t make it to Victoria on Wednesday. The 80-year-old Canadian cannabis legend was scheduled to mark the first day of legalization in the Great Weed [Continue]
Be prepared: this coming Wednesday, Kamloops becomes the Amsterdam of Canada NEXT WEEK’S CHANGES to Canada’s marijuana laws are like next week’s local elections. [Continue]
FIFTEEN YEARS LATERr, Ted Smith’s dreams are about to come true: He’s on the hook for $12,000 worth of pot. Back in 2003, the Victoria marijuana crusader devised a novel [Continue]