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MARY ELLEN GREEN: Victoria isn't a sleepy town

Some people say Victoria is a sleepy town, but looking at the upcoming theatre schedule, I’d swear we’re living in the Big City.

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ATGATT and other cool motorcycling acronyms

Sooke News Mirror - Wednesday May 22, 2013

Motorcycling columnist from Sooke News Mirror shares her knowledge of motorcycle "lingo."

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BRIAN KIERAN: Here’s hoping it’s honesty from here on out

Just a few days before this week’s provincial election, Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey for April.

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SIMON NATTRASS: Does feminism matter — who’s asking?

Pose the question to people you know: does feminism matter to you, to me, to anyone?

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Editorial Cartoon - May 16

Blobfarm by Joseph Williams

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DANIELLE POPE: The sexier side of elections

I can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had that have turned away from politics. You know the moment...

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SIMON NATTRASS: Coal - not in anyone’s backyard, thank you very much

Think about coal for a moment. What comes to mind — 18th century industrial barons? Towering black plumes of smoke? Steam engines?

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BRIAN KIERAN: Clark’s fact-free campaign sinks

At the start of the election campaign Christy Clark was on the ropes.

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DANIELLE POPE: We never stop needing her

It’s that hug before the tears come, the smell of her shoulder, the way her brow furrows when I know she’s really listening...

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Liberals are best answer for BC's future

BC Local News - Monday May 6, 2013

Contributor urges careful consideration from voters before ballots are cast

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SIMON NATTRASS: International Worker’s Day is May 1st

On May 4, 1886, an unidentified protestor threw a stick of dynamite into a crowd of police.

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BRIAN KIERAN: NDP’s Dix is singing the enviro-song

One of B.C.’s longest serving public servants, Port McNeill Mayor Gerry Furney, can see Adrian Dix surfing the leading edge...

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City’s noise weapons target our youth

It’s difficult to describe the sound emitted by mosquito machines.

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The last Catholic pope

In 1595, Benedictine monk Arnold Wion published the freshly discovered prophecies of Saint Malachy...

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Film challenges street life assumptions

Kim Freeman is an active drug user. She's also the only harm reduction service provider able to reach some members of the street community.

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Clark’s dithering threatens refinery

Ms. Dithers is at it again.

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Editorial Cartoon - March. 14

Blobfarm by Joseph Williams

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Working poor need more council support

A few years ago, I sat through a meeting where Victoria City Council declared the lack of affordable rental housing a state of emergency.

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Clark’s denials are tough to swallow

This week, Christy Clark is desperately attempting to construct a Chinese wall between her premiership and senior staffers in her West Wing.

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Clark’s denials are tough to swallow

This week, Christy Clark is desperately attempting to construct a Chinese wall between her premiership and senior staffers in her West Wing.

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