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Check out what's in the council gift bag

Check out what's in the council gift bag

As promised in my last entry , here’s a rundown of what some city councillors declared as gifts in 2013. I say “some” because not all councillors filed documents at city hall.
Editorial Cartoon: Feb. 7, 2014

Editorial Cartoon: Feb. 7, 2014

A cautionary tale for those with living wills

This week’s B.C. Supreme Court decision about Margot Bentley had me scrambling through my living will — my Healthcare Representation Agreement — and on the phone to my lawyer.
CANADIAN ARTS & FASHION AWARDS CELEBRATE STYLE

CANADIAN ARTS & FASHION AWARDS CELEBRATE STYLE

Canada is attempting to make its mark on the fashion industry and it’s evident that we have some great homegrown talent.

Letter: TransLink lacks transparency

Re: “TransLink solution remains stalled out,” Jan. 31.
Letter: Reading between the lines

Letter: Reading between the lines

Re: “Young readers like an open book,” Jan. 28.

Beaver Nation gets short end of the stick

On the fifth day of creation, God called in Bulldog, Eagle and Beaver for a meeting. “I’m thinking of fashioning something out of soil tomorrow and calling him Adam,” said the Creator in a booming voice from above.

Photo a day from Sochi: Who let the dogs out?

What’s the sweetest, loveliest rolling mass of fur you’ve ever seen? How about a litter of seven puppies, waking up inside a massive industrial pipe near the Georgian border to scamper toward you in a fit of adorableness? You see this and you squeal.

Photo a day from Sochi: Olympic Park under construction

It’s five days before the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games and over three weeks, I’ve seen this small city (the suburb of the city, really) sweat it out to pull everything together in order to host thousands of athletes and hundreds of th
Cat-astrophic

Cat-astrophic

It appears Basat, the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess of warfare, has heard our lonely sniffles in the night.
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