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Granted, as the old saying goes, even a day in politics is a long time, and pontificating on polls at this point seems premature - but it is nonetheless irresistible.
 
 
 
Let's say the B.C. government suddenly found itself with $500 million to spend on something.
 
 
 
It has become a common refrain spoken, once in jest, by baby boomers and those who once hoped for early retirement: Freedom 55 became Freedom 75 and now, Freedom 85? Well, the prime minister has added a whole new layer of economic fear to many seniors...
 
 
 
The level of sanctioned violence that ought to be permitted in hockey is a polarizing debate - as evidenced by the recent discussions over the banning of bodychecking in minor hockey.
 
 
 
Ten or so years from now, we may look back and circle Dec. 19, 2011 as the day our health-care system embarked on a new path. Whether it will ultimately be a good or bad path remains to be seen.
 
 
 
Statistically speaking, there are 16 people alive today who quite probably would not have been if B.C. hadn't enacted its distracted driving law two years ago.
 
 
 
I'm not ashamed to admit I was a pretty good student. Always got good grades even though I didn't always work the hardest. I could pass tests like nobody's business, and all seemed good and right during my high school days.
 
 
 
A new year is a time for new beginnings. Like many of my constituents, I'll be looking at fewer goodies and more exercise in 2012.
 
 
 
No surprises here. -- B.C. public school teachers want a raise.
 
 
 
Well, it certainly didn't take long for overheated rhetoric and base hypocrisy to colour the assessment hearing for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project.
 
 
 
It's been a long time coming for such an obvious idea.
 
 
 
I miss the old tabloid headlines. If you're a younger reader, you don't really recall this era in tabloid journalism, which pretty much faded out during the 1980s. Those were the years when you could go to the grocery store, and hanging right at eye-...
 
 
 
The attack on Lisa McIntosh in Queen's Park last week was disturbing and thought provoking.
 
 
 
Aha! I think we now know a key source of NDP leader Adrian Dix's professed desire to bring a "modest" approach to governing.
 
 
 

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