Tax and fare increases for 2015
The year 2015 will see a number of tax and fare increases occur in BC throughout the year. Taxes on medical, hydro, and transportation will be raised, as will transit fares.
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FIFA Womenâs World Cup 2015 coming to Canada
Canada will be hosting the 2015 FIFA Womenâs World Cup from June 6 to July 5. The games will take place across six provinces, with the finals being held at BC Place in Vancouver.
Now leaving, your comfort zone
Comfort has a price. When you have it, youâre a willing participant, cocooned in its luxury. Your world is grounded in the known, leaving even the new and unbeknownst to jive with the rhythm of the ruling rumba: familiarity.
Gattaca now
As a speculative fiction writer, one of my favourite genres of film is science fiction. For those of you who havenât seen the 1997 film Gattaca, starring Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, it is a dystopian tale about a society that has flourished on the idea that children can be made genetically superior by being designed pre-insemination.
Fear and loathing in the greater community
A recent front-page cover of a leading BC newspaper caught my attention this week. It askedâor rather, advertised the questionâif there were âradicalizedâ individuals in your neighbourhood. After the tragic shooting in Ottawa last month, many Canadians remain curious, cautious, and even frightened of the possibility of domestic terrorism in their communities.
De-extinction
Scientifically, de-extinction is the process of reviving or bringing back an extinct species and then breeding the population. In the case of a living organism, extinction means âdied-outâ and de-extinction is the reversal of this process.
Avalanche melted
On November 27, the Douglas College menâs volleyball team faced off against the College of the Rockies Avalanche in their eleventh league game of the 2014-15 season.