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Mistakes piling up for city council

Mistakes piling up for city council

An unstable, undetected layer of clay is to blame for a nearly $7 million cost overrun on the Haggith Creek bridge.
Don't let your profits go to waste

Don't let your profits go to waste

I was eating breakfast with my son Caleb yesterday and I noticed that he left his crusts on the plate.
Money over the law

Money over the law

It is sad that the Canadian government in power now, as previous governments as well, seek to promote corporations making big bucks rather than standing up for the environment, stopping climate change, and looking after the rights of Indigenous peopl
Biologists holding local workshop

Biologists holding local workshop

Professional regulation in the province of B.C. is changing.
Money doesn't always win votes

Money doesn't always win votes

A traipse through the financial reports from the referendum campaign raises even more questions about how proportional-representation advocates managed to lose the vote. It looked at the outset as if they had every advantage.
You might like pot but your dog won't

You might like pot but your dog won't

It wasn't a big dog that staggered into the Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic in Victoria, but not a super-small one, either. Probably weighed 20 pounds. "We don't know what's wrong," the owners said. Dr. Margaret Cairns had a pretty good idea, though.
Capturing carbon not easy

Capturing carbon not easy

Many years ago, when I was performing "chemistry magic shows" in schools and other venues, one demonstration involved a very simple process. I would get a volunteer to blow through a straw into a solution of lime water.
Propaganda is more dangerous than ever

Propaganda is more dangerous than ever

On July 6, 1916, a poster depicting Uncle Sam beckoning viewers to enlist in the U.S. Army appeared in an issue of Leslie's Weekly, a popular U.S. magazine.
'Smelly lemon' bridge

'Smelly lemon' bridge

The time line on the Willow Cale bridge was wrong. The original bridge was under construction in 2012. September 2016 to March 2017 is also wrong.
Third world politics

Third world politics

There is something that I do not get about this ongoing scandal in Justin Trudeau's government.