KNOX – Policing’s gone high-tech, but it comes with a price
EARLY FRIDAY, Victoria police waded into an apartment where a drunken soap opera was in progress. Seems one tenant didn’t like the other tenant’s girlfriend being around [Continue]
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POLITICS – B.C.’s election: the perils of proportional representation
By LYDIA MILJAN JASON CLEMENS and TAYLOR JACKSON The Fraser Institute FORMER U.S. president Barack Obama popularized the phrase “teachable moment” by pointing out that [Continue]
PETERS – Spina’s revelation changes everything
LAST WEEK in this space, I argued against holding a by-election to fill the mayor’s spot on Kamloops council. But things have changed significantly since then, and [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Prof. Rothenburger’s intro to By-Elections 101, a pre-requisite
(With apologies to The Paper Chase) GOOD MORNING, class. Welcome to By-Elections 101. You come here with a skull full of mush; you leave thinking like a politician or, at [Continue]
POLICE – Puppy shot at least 12 times with pellet gun
VICTORIA — West Shore RCMP are investigating after receiving a report of a 10-month old puppy shot by a pellet gun in the Highlands. Police were contacted after dog’s [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Banning cellphones from schools sounds like a darn good idea
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A SCHOOL in Victoria is going to ban cellphones. Sounds like a good idea to me. As of September, students of Central Middle [Continue]
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