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Debut collection reveals Victoria writer's formidable talent

Victoria book clerk's stories are dark, concise and reminiscent of Alice Munro

Campaign 2009: Facebook flap, speeding tickets -- and a fight to the finish

Campaign 2009 -- "Keep B.C. Strong" versus "Take Back Your B.C." -- goes down in the books as an odd one. One candidate quit because there's a picture of him holding a (clothed) woman's breast.

Major's Corner: Seniors' home sends in the gowns

Every year brings fresh opportunities for embarrassment amongst the seniors of Victoria, and this one is sadly no exception. I wish the powers that be would leave us alone to trundle off this pier of life in our own fashion.

Froth and chaos greet new law

Lowering age of majority to 19 led to more celebratory mischief than police, bar owners expected

Doggy bag boom

Tighter times find fine dining hitting the next day's lunch table at home

Hot jobs in a cool market

Maria Race learns all the time. If she doesn't know something, the answer is just a click away on the Internet.

The Major's Corner: Grow old with mems! The best is yet to be

Now that we have become acclimatized to growing old, I think it is important not to dwell on the daily inconveniences on the path into our personal sunsets.

Holy Grail of comic books on the block

A rare copy of the first Superman comic will be put up for auction online today and bids could soar as high as the "man of steel," experts say.

Woodstock generation gets a lesson in frugality

"Money is a poor man's credit card." -- Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) - - - Nowadays, not so much. It was true enough when the great scholar said it in 1971 -- a period when credit was still reserved for the upper crust.

We can be our own worst enemy

Why didn't we use those surpluses to fix our crumbling infrastructure?