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I bet a lot of folks around here have been under the impression that what鈥檚 called solicitor-client privilege exists to protect clients. But they鈥檝e been reminded, thanks to a decision by the chief justice of the B.C.

Stephen Harper鈥檚 Conservative government, sworn in on Feb. 6, 2006, marked its seventh anniversary in office last week. Here鈥檚 a quick quiz: Name the five priorities it ran on in the 2006 election.

Two developments occurred recently to advance large telescopes and the study of the universe around us. Scientists in the U.S. completed the first of seven 8.4-metre mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile.

What would Family Day be without a big family fight? But there鈥檚 no need to endure one this inaugural February holiday. We鈥檝e already had it 鈥� online. Premier Christy Clark promised the third Monday in February as a holiday while running for the B.C.

We can predict some things that will be in the throne speech on Feb. 12. It will praise the B.C. government鈥檚 job plan, and talk about balancing the budget. Education and health care will receive at least passing mentions.

Well I have made it to week 3 鈥� I am officially 1/4 of the way into my new life. It was a hard one. What did I learn this week: 1. Eating healthy is expensive. 2. Working out 5 days a week creates alot of laundry and 3.

News sources regularly comment on the significant unemployment and underemployment of young university and college graduates in Canada today.

Ontario鈥檚 provincial election is over and Kathleen Wynne will be sworn in as the province鈥檚 new premier on Monday. By this point, her win has been saddled with all the tired rhetoric that we used to describe electoral firsts.

The distraught Grade 11 student said she loathed a teacher because of how that teacher had marked up her essay. 鈥淭hen see your counsellor and change to another class,鈥� I suggested. 鈥淣o, I can鈥檛 do that,鈥� she said.

The day after we arrived in Honolulu, my husband spied in the newspaper a local 10K race. With him being a cyclist, the fact that the event also featured 35K, 75K and 100K bike rides made us both pause mid-Mai Tai.