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AJAX – Report ‘does not effectively capture concerns’ says City staff

August 13, 2017 // 4 Comments

A government report on the Ajax mine is disappointing and omits several concerns about the proposal, according to City Hall staff. Staff will recommend to City council on [Continue]

NAFTA – Renegotiations threaten Canada’s steps toward pharmacare

August 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

By RUTH LOPERT and STEVE MORGAN EvidenceNetwork.ca A “MODERNIZED NAFTA” has significant implications for many sectors of the economy, including health care. What’s at [Continue]

KNOX – On the anniversary of the horror in Nagasaki, a story of survival

August 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEKEND, Rudi Hoenson planted a seedling in Oak Bay. It came from a tree that, improbably, survived a nuclear blast in Japan — just like Rudi himself. You might have [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Getting acquainted with a very deer resident of Princeton

August 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS COLUMN is reflexive. By that I mean it reflects the values and experiences even the fox-paws of the writer, me, Elon Newstrom. We also comprehend that raw experience is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Getting more comfortable with death

August 12, 2017 // 6 Comments

DEATH HAS been much on my mind this week. Not just the fact that it’s the end of life, but what it’s really all about. You’d think we’d be more at ease with something [Continue]

EDITORIAL: Has anybody been listening to us on Ajax?

August 12, 2017 // 15 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S ENOUGH in the joint federal-provincial report on Ajax to make you wonder whether anybody in senior [Continue]