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David Bly: Face of bullying has changed through time

David Bly: Face of bullying has changed through time

A calendar gets sprinkled with so many special days, weeks and months, it鈥檚 hard to keep track, but in digging around for information on bullying, I discovered this is, among other things, Bullying Awareness Week.
Les Leyne: Big issue for NDP is how to replace Dix

Les Leyne: Big issue for NDP is how to replace Dix

The official report from the New Democratic Party review panel about why the party lost the 2013 provincial election has no mention of the word 鈥減ipeline.鈥 It鈥檚 like reporting the sinking of the Titanic and leaving out any mention of 鈥渋ceberg.
Monique Keiran: Antibiotics coming from the strangest places

Monique Keiran: Antibiotics coming from the strangest places

鈥楧on鈥檛 do it,鈥 I advise Nature Boy every time we travel in less-fortunate foreign parts. 鈥淚f you eat that, you鈥檒l get sick.鈥 I remind him of what happened in (fill in the blank with any south Asian or Latin American country we鈥檝e visited).
Comment: Good Ship Cholesterol is changing its course

Comment: Good Ship Cholesterol is changing its course

A rare ray of hope illuminated the cholesterol world this week when it was revealed that most people who are taking cholesterol-lowering (statin) drugs probably shouldn鈥檛 be.
UVic research highlights need for a fresh perspective on aging

UVic research highlights need for a fresh perspective on aging

鈥淭here is a lot of rhetoric around aging and its impact on healthcare, but the doom and gloom prophesies of a healthcare system facing crisis due to an aging population may not necessarily be the case,鈥 thinks Professor Holly Tuokko , the Director fo
Magee on goal-scoring streak

Magee on goal-scoring streak

Goalscorers just seem to find ways. Brandon Magee certainly has located his as the Victoria Royals' veteran collected his fifth goal in three games in Friday night鈥檚 2-1 overtime win over the Seattle Thunderbirds.
Comment: Pipelines, tankers threaten B.C.鈥檚 heritage

Comment: Pipelines, tankers threaten B.C.鈥檚 heritage

I have been fishing around 91原创 Island for 40 years and run a freezer troller/prawner out of Cowichan Bay, fishing commercially for salmon, prawns and octopus. This coast is my home and my livelihood. Fishing has been the backbone of B.C.
Mark Milke: Resource development generates prosperity

Mark Milke: Resource development generates prosperity

On a recent visit to central and eastern Canada, I was reminded of how little governments can do for a local economy compared with private-sector investment.
Shannon Corregan: Machines can鈥檛 replace grocery people

Shannon Corregan: Machines can鈥檛 replace grocery people

Well, the inevitable has finally happened 鈥 automated checkout machines are now a thing at my favourite grocery store. I thought it would hold out longer than other grocery stores, but it鈥檚 not the case. Automated tellers certainly aren鈥檛 new.
Les Leyne: B.C. Ferries executives lose bonus plan

Les Leyne: B.C. Ferries executives lose bonus plan

The B.C. Ferries board grudgingly complied Wednesday with Transportation Minister Todd Stone鈥檚 directive on and phased out the high-rolling bonus plan for executives.