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Before anybody lays the blame for this recent provincial-election fiasco at the feet of public education, I thought I鈥檇 get in first and say, 鈥測ou may have a point.

I don't want to talk about this one.

Yes, I did! A fortnight after the finale of the Times 91原创 Health Challenge, there's this little thing called the TC10K. This race in particular is the reason my Wednesday nights have involved power walking with the Crystal Fools, and I was sure.

In B.C., we need a dialogue and education about our power-generation system. Sadly, Gwen Barlee鈥檚 commentary (鈥淧rivate power projects damaging a B.C. legacy,鈥� May 15) does not make a positive contribution. B.C.

This diesel-electric hybrid doesn鈥檛 have a lot of head room and it鈥檚 not easy to park. Maintenance is frightfully complex and spare parts are hard to come by. But it normally sleeps 48 and can go for eight weeks without refueling.

An oldster I met in my neighbourhood on Wednesday had a new spring in his shuffle because Andrew Weaver had just been elected MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head.

I talked to a few people post-election who had been utterly dismissive of Premier Christy Clark for the last two years. A lightweight, they felt. Not up to the job and never will be.

New maps of the remaining old-growth forests on 91原创 Island and the southwest mainland highlight the large-scale ecological crisis underway in B.C.鈥檚 woods. In the 1990s,聽conservationists fought for whole valleys.

On May 26, help celebrate Buddha鈥檚 birthday. Who is the the Buddha, you ask? There have been many buddhas (awakened ones) over eons of time.

The big winner in B.C.鈥檚 provincial elections this week was the 鈥渘o show鈥� party. Estimates put the turnout at about 52 per cent of the eligible electorate, possibly about one percentage point higher than the election in 2009.