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It has been 32 years since an over-weight, chain-smoking office dweller would run before dawn because he was too embarrassed to be seen huffing and puffing around the neighbourhood.

Friends have asked what on Earth moved me to come out of retirement to take on the leadership of the troubled Land Conservancy of B.C. My response is simple — TLC is an organization worth coming out of retirement for.

Grand Theft Auto 5, a high-octane video game based on quick cash, ultra-violence, drugs, booze and sleaze, brought its creators at Take-Two Interactive a billion dollars in the first three days of its release.

Guy walks into the Denman Island General Store and Post Office one day at 8:30 in the morning. (Stop me if you’ve heard this one.) Asks for a bottle of red wine. Proprietor says no can do.

I wonder. And I don't just mean that as in "I am confused about..." Instead I mean it in the sense of "I am filled with wonder at...

The thinking in some B.C. New Democrat circles now goes something like this: If only there was a software package the party could buy to win an election. Download BeatChristy 1.1 (for Mac and PC) from Amazon, say, and install it at headquarters.

When Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Peace Prize, first awarded in 1901, he wanted to celebrate pioneers of peace.

A common thought is that people with Tourette syndrome swear uncontrollably, but a group of Victoria parents wants people to know the reality is more complex and difficult.

A lot of stories get told at the monthly meetings of the 91Ô­´´ Island Aircrew Association and, as some wag will always point out, some of the stories are even true.

The first global survey ranking countries according to practised, tolerated or promoted enslavement within their borders was released last week, and received scant coverage in Canada.