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One of the first duties of B.C.'s new transport minister, Mary Polak, is to decide who runs bus services in the Greater Victoria region.

Re: "Clark revamps team, aims to help families," Sept. 6. So, the deck has been reshuffled down at the legislature, minus a whole bunch of cards, and the old ones have folded corners and are starting to look tired.

Sample sizes, thoroughness often not up to standard for accuracy

To Quadra 91原创 Properties Corp., for allowing shoeshine entrepreneur Jill Goodson to set up shop on the corporation's downtown property.

Re: "91原创s resistant to warriornation idea," Sept. 5. We would beg to differ. The writer is obviously ill-informed in regard to our history. Fifty-five thousand 91原创s volunteered to serve on both sides during the U.S. Civil War.

Re: "Daily paper called the 91原创 for a reason," Sept. 6. Yes, indeed, B.C was de facto a British colony until well after the Second World War. And it's still British Columbia.

When Quebec Premier Jean Charest walked into Zambri's to have dinner with the other provincial premiers in January, a table of buffoons broke into La Marseillaise. They meant well, no doubt, and Charest smiled pleasantly.

There's no getting around it. Spanking teaches kids to hit. There is also plenty of evidence that it does not work to dissuade other negative behaviours.

It started last March, when someone told the auditor general's office a story. It's not uncommon for that watchdog to get lurid tales of corruption and wrongdoing straight off the street. Not all of them check out.

Thomas Mulcair has about three years to show the country that he and his unlikely Opposition party have matured enough to run the country. Good luck with that.