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The appointment of Rob Wood, CEO of Housing Nova Scotia, as deputy minister in the Ministry of Education, arouses a variety of responses from within the system: curiosity, anxiety, optimism or pessimism, depending on whom you ask.

To the uninitiated, the thousands who attempt the Goodlife Fitness Victoria marathon or half marathon must seem crazy, perhaps unhinged by the months of training and too-tight lycra.

The commentary in Friday鈥檚 Times 91原创, 鈥淪upply management supports B.C. farmers,鈥� omitted what should have been the second part of the heading 鈥� 鈥� at the expense of every consumer.

I suppose Alexander Mackenzie started it all. When the Scottish explorer finally reached tidewater on the 91原创 Coast, he left his mark on a rock at the water鈥檚 edge that鈥檚 there still. 鈥淎lex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22d July 1793,鈥� it says.

A group of orthodox Mennonite parents in Manitoba, charged with alleged child abuse, were given guidelines recently on spanking children.

The Westshore Rebels鈥� final regular-season game of the B.C Football Conference season went as I expected on Saturday. Actually, it was worse.

It鈥檚 going over so beautifully in Quebec, we should try something similar here. It鈥檚 time to talk about a B.C. Charter of Values.

Here鈥檚 good news for those of us trying to pick up new skills and information. Experts on how learning happens within the human brain have identified the two most reliable methods for transferring new information into our little grey cells.

Everybody is familiar with the image of the cackling, snaggle-toothed hag on her broomstick. The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. The nasty woman with the candy cottage in Hansel and Gretel.

In Mao鈥檚 China, art was an incredibly powerful tool in an immense propaganda machine. It was not only powerful, but essential to the success of the regime through its ability to inspire an almost religious fervor and create figures larger than life.