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Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

During the war, Olive Bailey, who has died at the age of 101, was stationed in Hut Six, where army and air force code breakers worked. She remembered Alan Turing chaining his coffee cup to the radiator so he wouldn’t lose it
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Jack Knox: Fuss over slate raises question: why elect school boards?

Jack Knox: Fuss over slate raises question: why elect school boards?

As the teachers’ union worries candidates linked to right-wing politics will get elected to school boards, there’s a bigger question: With so many of the big decisions in education handled by the province, what’s left for trustees to do?
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Jack Knox: Endorsements can offer path to follow, or avoid

Jack Knox: Endorsements can offer path to follow, or avoid

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, who isn’t seeking re-election, shares list of council candidates she’s supporting.
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Jack Knox: No, Henderson's goal wasn't just another hockey moment

Jack Knox: No, Henderson's goal wasn't just another hockey moment

People remember where they were when Paul Henderson scored in the same way they remember where they were on VE Day, when JFK was shot, when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, or on 9/11
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Jack Knox: A fundraiser, yes, but Tour de Rock is also a human story

Jack Knox: A fundraiser, yes, but Tour de Rock is also a human story

The Tour de Rock journey begins this weekend with cyclists riding the length of Vancouver Island
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Jack Knox: If they have to close shop anyway, why not Sunday?

Jack Knox: If they have to close shop anyway, why not Sunday?

It wasn’t until 1980 that then-premier Bill Bennett eased the ban on Sunday shopping.
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Jack Knox: Island's first glimpse of Queen was most poignant

Jack Knox: Island's first glimpse of Queen was most poignant

She made the first of her seven visits to Vancouver Island in 1951, the only time she came here as ­princess, not queen.
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Jack Knox: Bee-slapping dance aside, it's the bugs we don't see that worry

Jack Knox: Bee-slapping dance aside, it's the bugs we don't see that worry

While we complain every year about wasps, we should really be concerned about the overall decline in flying insects, including pollinators
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Jack Knox: It's not about how we're policed, but how we're governed

Jack Knox: It's not about how we're policed, but how we're governed

Greater Victoria is overseen by a patchwork of councils, each with its own agenda and suite of services. No other Canadian community of this size is divided this way.
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