GINTA – If we mean all that we say today….
THE AIR SMELLS SWEET and sticky; it smells of soapberries, though they are mere green blobs right now, so all I smell is a promise; I like it, it has a tinge of humbleness to [Continue]
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KNOX – Beyond politics, the grim reality of police cuts
IT WOULD BE TEMPTING to dismiss the latest glumness out of the Victoria Police Department as political posturing. Tempting, but incorrect. Don’t get me wrong. VicPD [Continue]
PETERS – Province’s mental health strategy ignores seniors
MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS DONE WONDERS to keep us alive longer. As of 2011, Canadian life expectancy was 81.7 years. That means in less than a century, life expectancy increased by [Continue]
BEPPLE – What’s in a name – The ABCs (and Ds) of B.C.’s epic Highway 97
AFTER YEARS OF DRIVING B.C. highways, I can still not tell you which is Highway 97, versus Highway 97A, or 97B, not to mention Highway 97C or 97D. The truth be told, if I’m [Continue]
GINTA – Standing together takes us where we need to go
IT WAS LAST YEAR that I was camping with my family in a paradisiacal spot somewhere on the Shuswap. We were ready for the usual things we do on a camping trip, but because [Continue]
KNOX – Taking a raincheck on the new normal – long, hot summers
“I’LL TAKE A RAINCHECK,” I told the kid at the cash register.That drew a blank stare. “A what?” Ah, I thought, her generation doesn’t write cheques. She [Continue]
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