KNOX – With Hans Island out of the way, let’s refight the Pig War
News item: Canada and Denmark have announced a resolution to a 50-year-old dispute over who owns Hans Island, a tiny, barren, unpopulated rock in the narrow channel [Continue]
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KNOX – Welcome back to the slumber game – let’s play ball
“You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.” — Bill (Spaceman) Lee, best-selling author and 14-year Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox pitcher ALAS, BILL [Continue]
KNOX – Republicans be damned, the Queen rules
THEY’RE WHOOPING IT UP for the Queen in Britain, celebrating her 70 years on the throne. Here in Victoria, it’s a bit more subdued: The Platinum Jubilee will be [Continue]
KNOX – Legion trying to find medal-winners’ families, but it’s a tricky task
DID YOUR PARENTS or grandparents or great-whatevers serve in the military? Did they belong to the Royal Canadian Legion in Victoria? Do you know where their medals are? The [Continue]
KNOX – He had five large pizzas delivered from a pizzeria in Windsor
JOHN PALMER left his hometown of Windsor, Ont., to join the navy in 1977. Trudeau 1.0 was prime minister. Gretzky was playing junior B in Toronto. You could still fly CP Air, [Continue]
KNOX – The problem with four-year terms for mayors and councillors
LILLIAN SZPAK HAS ANNOUNCED she is pulling the plug, won’t run for re-election to Langford council in October. Actually, the decision merely confirms one she made on [Continue]
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