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efore my great-uncle died (he was 96 years old), I spent a day with him and my great-aunt when I was living in Victoria.
Remembering Canada’s fallen

Remembering Canada’s fallen

Lest we forget... Sgt. Marc D. Leger, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer, Pte. Richard A. Green and Pte. Nathan Smith, April 18, 2002. Sgt. Robert Short and Cpl. Robbie Beerenfenger, Oct. 2, 2003. Cpl. Jamie Murphy, Jan. 27, 2004. Pte. Braun Woodfield, Nov.
Lest we forget

Lest we forget

On Remembrance Day, Canadians come together to pay tribute to those past and present who served our great country with courage and compassion.
Remembrance Day ceremonies to feature liberation of Netherlands

Remembrance Day ceremonies to feature liberation of Netherlands

Seventy years ago Canadian Armed Forces marched into the Netherlands and liberated the Dutch from five years of Nazi occupation. November 11th is Remembrance Day and this year the ceremonies will feature the liberation of the Netherlands.
PM has a lot of tasks to take care of

PM has a lot of tasks to take care of

The first order of business for PM Trudeau is financial help to immediately build an all-weather road to the Shoal Lake Reservation, then re-establish election fairness by replacing the individual candidate funding that Harper cancelled for no good r
Highway of Tears documents ‘not relevant’

Highway of Tears documents ‘not relevant’

The B.C. Liberal government quietly released on Monday one batch of documents related to the Highway of Tears that the information and privacy commissioner rapped officials for withholding.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

Justin Trudeau is sure getting a crash course on the theme of the impossibility of pleasing not just everybody but anybody! On the same day that we heard those lobbying for doctor-assisted suicide oppose the idea of Trudeau asking for some extra time
Underground engineers

Underground engineers

Many years ago, I made the mistake of referring to soil as "dirt." It is definitely not something one should do in the presence of soil scientists and it illustrated my ignorance of an important discipline in science.
Timely shelters can reduce tax costs

Timely shelters can reduce tax costs

There was a certain thrill in using the Skytrain as a legitimate working person when it first came on the scene in the 1980's.
Non-debate a play for time

Non-debate a play for time

The B.C. Legislature again Monday took up consideration of adding two new constituencies and reworking the boundaries of many others in advance of the next provincial election. The debate is one of the more unusual in recent years.