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KNOX – Luggie is back on the beat, standing up for mascots everywhere

March 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

LUGGIE IS BACK and I am glad. Unreasonably so. From 1996 through 2003, the carpet-clad Lug-A-Rug mascot was an everyday sight in Victoria, dancing and waving to passing [Continue]

KNOX – Snow angst, pipeline politics and remembering Arthur Black

February 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

WEDNESDAY, AS the first frightening flakes floated down in daintily deceptive fashion, this appeared on the City of Victoria’s Twitter account: “Due to snow, tonight’s [Continue]

KNOX – There’s not enough listening in this age of instant outrage

February 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

IT’S ONE OF those issues that Justin Trudeau just can’t scrape off his shoe. Faith groups are up in arms. An Ontario Catholic diocese says it won’t be “bullied” [Continue]

KNOX – B.C. vows never to surrender in The Great Wine War of 2018

February 11, 2018 // 2 Comments

A CHRONOLOGY of the Great Wine War of 2018: Jan. 30 — Citing the risk to B.C.’s environment, Premier John Horgan announces the province might limit imports of Alberta [Continue]

KNOX – Give this to Justin Trudeau: he shows up, and he doesn’t hide

February 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Groundhog Day, but this wasn’t just another town hall as Justin Trudeau wound up his cross-Canada tour at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island University on [Continue]

KNOX – The tsunami that wasn’t illustrated how unprepared we are

January 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

SO, HOW DID you react when you heard about the tsunami that wasn’t? Did you call 911 to ask for advice? That’s precisely what you’re not supposed to do, but people did [Continue]