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Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your Teacups!
Buckle your theatre seats and grab your teacups, British comedians James and Jamesy are bringing...
Read MoreJustice in Transition
The federal election has come and gone but the climate crisis continues on. Right wing politicians, closely allied with the fossil fuel industry, unhappy with the fact their boy Andrew Scheer is not the Prime Minister, are...
Read MoreChoices on October 21
Here we are again faced with the task of sorting through the issues and campaign materials and then choosing who will be our local Member of Parliament and subsequently who will govern Canada for the next four years. As with...
Read MoreChoices for October 21 Here we are again faced with the task of sorting through the issues and campaign materials and then choosing who will be our local Member of Parliament and subsequently who will govern Canada for the next...
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Jung Society Explores Shadow Jan. 11
In the middle of the muddle of wrapping up Christmas/Solstice celebrations, reflecting on our...
Read MoreResisting the Heat
I was on the Island this August. The haze that dimmed noon to dusk and that drove Air Quality off scale – the worst on the planet for a time – was a shock, as it must have been for many. I have been working on and around...
Read MoreOn The Line
After finish reading Rod Mickleburgh’s new history of the BC Labour movement ‘On the Line’, the first emotion I feel is anger. Anger at how the apparatus of the State, through the decades and at the behest of robber barons,...
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Election 2018
All candidates were sent four questions from the Island WORD: 1. Do you support the Regional...
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CURTAIN CALL
By Martin Crilly It starts, most often, in the summer doldrums. In the kitchen. Up on the bluffs,...
Read MoreCrossroads Part II
by Danny Zanbilowicz This fall represents a turning point. In October there will be a provincial referendum on whether or not we switch our electoral system from “first past the post” to “proportional representation”. The WORD...
Read More3L at Crossroads
by Danny Zanbilowicz The issue right now concerns the two processes for dealing with a proposed amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy- “standard” or “minor”. An amendment is by default considered “standard”, unless it is...
Read MoreEmerging into Lyme
Emerging into Lyme Lyme disease is now the most common vector-borne disease in Canada and the USA. Caused by the bacterium Borellia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of an Ixodes tick, Lyme disease is increasing rapidly in...
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