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Lost in translation...

Lost in translation...

Where have I been? Certainly not blogging...that's for sure. It's been 12 days since my last post. Yikes.
Geoff Johnson: Students need a modern version of 鈥榗ivics鈥

Geoff Johnson: Students need a modern version of 鈥榗ivics鈥

If ever there were an argument needed for the development of a senior-secondary course called 鈥淟iving in Canada,鈥 it is bolstered further by the StatsCan report that more than one-quarter of the 7.
Comment: This fall, city candidates should steal better ideas

Comment: This fall, city candidates should steal better ideas

It might be wise old King Solomon who is credited with the phrase, 鈥渢here is nothing new under the sun,鈥 but anyone who has read brochures put out by municipal election candidates can attest to that pearl of wisdom.
Commenters, it was a heck of a weekend

Commenters, it was a heck of a weekend

Profanity. Racial epithets. Fake names. Name-calling. Cruelty. All of this in the comments sections for stories on our website. Most of them overnight on Sunday. I won't go into the specifics of what people were saying, it was just that awful.
91原创 to Toronto: running for the train after it leaves, and more

91原创 to Toronto: running for the train after it leaves, and more

Continuing the tale of my trip on Via Rail鈥檚 The 91原创, from 91原创 to Toronto in January, on a Tuesday-to- Saturday train. Not real time dispatches because of lack of cell and Wi-Fi. I am also goofing off.
Les Leyne: Government conned parents and kids

Les Leyne: Government conned parents and kids

Late on June 26, 2012, with just a few days left in the school year, the B.C. Teachers Federation reached a surprise deal with the government. It ended a year鈥檚 worth of labour headaches in schools.
Comment: Storm drains are a public health concern

Comment: Storm drains are a public health concern

Re: 鈥淪torm sewers carry pollution,鈥 editorial, Jan. 19. The editorial clearly identifies the public health concern for the many rainwater drains around the coastline of Greater Victoria.
Iain Hunter: Harper鈥檚 statements don鈥檛 change policy

Iain Hunter: Harper鈥檚 statements don鈥檛 change policy

Some 91原创s seem puzzled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper鈥檚 expedition to Israel last week. They wonder what benefits Canada or Israel got from it.
David Bly: Thriftiness is old-fashioned, but not obsolete

David Bly: Thriftiness is old-fashioned, but not obsolete

91原创 household debt is at an all-time high, with the ratio of debt to annual household income at more than 163 per cent. Going into debt is considered the norm. It gets a lot of people into trouble.
Why I hunger for parables

Why I hunger for parables

A familiar pattern has set in lately in the realm of popular culture, social media and the 24-hour news cycle. It goes like this. An individual, either a celebrity or a complete unknown, says or posts something outrageous.