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A GRANDAD who became a social media sensation has written his own book about gardening. Last May, Gerald Stratford tweeted a picture of himself with some rocket potatoes he had grown, and from there it shot off. He only joined Twitter in February of last year, but has since gained 285,000 followers, with his posts regularly attracting thousands of retweets and likes. Now, the Milton-under-Wychwood resident has penned his own book, Big Veg, due to be released later this year. “I’ve always wanted to write a book and I’ve had various articles about fishing in magazines, but nothing major,” he said.
Case in point: Gas prices jumped close to eight cents a litre the other day, hitting $1.359 at most stations, and Victorians merely shrugged. Normally, a spike like that would fill the letters-to-the-editor with A) smugness from those who don’t drive gas-powered vehicles, and B) angry demands that government rein in Big Oil. In fact, it was a big jump in the spring of 2019 some Vancouverites were paying $1.70 that inspired/pressured Premier John Horgan to order an inquiry into gas costs (although its terms of reference conveniently ignored the role of taxation). The B.C. Utilities Commission’s subsequent report found that when comparing Greater Vancouver to the Pacific Northwest, there was “a significant unexplained difference of approximately 13 cents a litre” that wholesalers couldn’t explain. The investigating panel also said a handful of wholesalers constituted an “oligopoly” whose control over distribution networks left retailers without alternative sourc