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Jack Knox: Nil could make us happier than being at the World Cup

Jack Knox: Nil could make us happier than being at the World Cup

This is the only time you’ll ever hear Canadians use the word, once every four years during the planet’s most-watched sporting event
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Jack Knox: Amid tales of dysfunction, don't forget need

Jack Knox: Amid tales of dysfunction, don't forget need

When encountering some bedraggled figure on the sidewalk, what do you feel? Sympathy? Fear? Resentment? Does your heart hurt or your lip curl?
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Jack Knox: Shovelling money out of our economy gives us the Black Friday blues

Jack Knox: Shovelling money out of our economy gives us the Black Friday blues

Since the phenomenon spilled into ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, it turned out we were just as capable as our neighbours of going all Lord Of The Flies on each other if you dangled a $12 toaster in front of our faces.
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Jack Knox: After Holodomor, more grim history for Ukrainian newcomers to pass down

Jack Knox: After Holodomor, more grim history for Ukrainian newcomers to pass down

It was the frost-damaged potatoes that saved Iryna Starostina’s starving grandparents.
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Jack Knox: Ten-plaque bench is a celebration, not a memorial

Jack Knox: Ten-plaque bench is a celebration, not a memorial

Most commemorative benches, picnic tables and other pieces of public furniture are dedicated to people only after they’re gone. Most are in loving memory of the dearly departed, not the happily here.
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Jack Knox: Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry, one tomato at a time

Jack Knox: Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry, one tomato at a time

The volunteers who sort the food donated to Nanaimo’s Loaves and Fishes never know what’s going to be in the bins that pour into the warehouse each day
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Jack Knox: The Cordova Bay Blitzkrieg, or Battle of the Drainboard

Jack Knox: The Cordova Bay Blitzkrieg, or Battle of the Drainboard

Happily, when the Royal Canadian Air Force accidentally attacked Mrs. A. Bramwell’s house 80 years ago, there were no casualties other than some kitchenware
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Jack Knox: Nourish Cowichan tries to ensure no child goes through school day on an empty stomach

Jack Knox: Nourish Cowichan tries to ensure no child goes through school day on an empty stomach

The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Christmas Fund has helped to fund the work of Nourish Cowichan
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Jack Knox: So many stories, so few Second World War vets left to tell them

Jack Knox: So many stories, so few Second World War vets left to tell them

Of the dozens of veterans of the Second World War who shared their stories with me over the years, only a few are still with us
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Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?
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