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KNOX – Not many smokers left to complain about ban by B.C. ferries

January 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

AS OF MONDAY, you may not smoke anywhere on a B.C. Ferries vessel or at its terminals. No smoking tobacco, no smoking e-cigarettes, no smoking dope (yes, the ban includes [Continue]

KNOX – Why the provincial government wants to expand wolf-trapping program

January 14, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE PROVINCIAL government wants to extend the wolf-trapping season on Vancouver Island. To which you reply: We trap wolves here? Yes, we do, which some people think is [Continue]

KNOX – If you’re going to give up on New Year’s resolutions, why wait?

January 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

NEW YEAR’S resolution No. 1 for 2018? Same as in 2015, 2016 and 2017: Cross the new Johnson Street Bridge on the day it opens. Resolution No. 2: Be more considerate. [Continue]

KNOX – The week that was, and some advice for partygoers

December 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE WEEK in news: Item No. 1: Actor Jim Nabors died. Admit it: You saw Gomer Pyle’s picture flash up on the TV news and automatically assumed he was the latest celeb outed [Continue]

KNOX – Sometimes it takes a trip away to make us appreciate home

November 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

A MAN WAS SHOT on the Las Vegas strip recently, right in front of the Monte Carlo hotel. I know this because a beefy, blazered hotel security guy was blocking the sidewalk. [Continue]

KNOX – New gas bar signals better times for town on the edge of Canada

November 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

PORT RENFREW — Perched way out at the very edge of Canada, Port Renfrew has long enjoyed a mist-shrouded isolation that is both its greatest asset and most serious [Continue]