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IN THE LEDGE – What are terms of govt’s intimidation investigation?

October 23, 2017 // 2 Comments

From Question Period in The Ledge, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. P. Milobar: Last week, we heard about the Minister of Agriculture writing an intimidating letter to a law-abiding [Continue]

POLICE – Two men wounded in shooting incident near Nelson Avenue

October 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Two men were found with gunshot wounds today (Oct. 23, 2017) after shots were fired near Nelson Avenue. Police responded at 11:40 a.m. and found one man with gunshot injuries [Continue]

KNOX – Closing of Sears stores like the end of a dynasty

October 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

THEY COULDN’T even get the sliding-glass doors fully open before the shoppers began pouring into Sears on Thursday morning. Two hundred people, including a woman [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We need to laugh more about parking tickets and colonoscopies

October 21, 2017 // 4 Comments

“JACK KNOX is a friend of mine,” I told the mayor of one of the infinite number of municipalities that make up Greater Victoria. I say this every time I run into [Continue]

PETERS – Reaction to Downie’s death shows value of arts in Canadian society

October 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

ALMOST EXACTLY a year ago, we lost Leonard Cohen. Canada’s unofficial poet laureate had died at the age of 82. He had just released an album, You Want it Darker, three [Continue]

COLLINS – A dome over Hillside Stadium? Really?

October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY and TRU are in very early discussions about a dome over Hillside Stadium. An intriguing possibility. It would certainly be a big boost to the Tournament Capital [Continue]