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SeaWorld will end performances by orcas at its San Diego theme park by 2017, saying customers would rather see the marine mammals acting naturally than doing tricks.

The City of Victoria is headed in the right direction by considering offering odd jobs to homeless people or people with disabilities, but care should be taken to avoid hazards and pitfalls that might lie along the way.

As the Daily Colonist duly noted in its editorial on Nov. 11, 1915, it was Day 468 of the war. On that day, a century ago, there seemed to be reason for optimism, on the western front at least.

The Conservative government’s ditching of the mandatory long-form census in 2010 plunged the country into statistical darkness. The lights have been turned back on.

Goldstream Provincial Park is crowded these days as people gather to watch the salmon struggle their way upstream to spawn. It’s not an easy journey. In some streams that once provided spawning beds for salmon, that journey is impossible.

A think-tank at McGill University believes it can solve the Colwood crawl: Start charging toll fees on congested urban roads. The theory, at least, is simple. If there’s no price for driving on city streets, more people will choose to do so.

Eliminating or drastically reducing the use of plastic shopping bags won’t solve all the world’s pollution problems, but it’s a practical step that can make a difference.

Believing it had a war-ready population of 20 million in 1749, the government of Sweden conducted the first modern census. Leaders discovered they were short by a factor of 10.

It is an exercise in futility to search for the perfect location for the regional sewage-treatment plant — such a site does not exist.

Premier Christy Clark has ordered all political staff and ministers to stop deleting emails. Now she should order them to be truthful. When a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½