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Elk and Beaver lakes give Victoria residents countless hours of enjoyment and healthy activity 鈥� now it鈥檚 time for us to give back.

RCMP officers in Vancouver have begun an unprecedented scrutiny of health-care facilities in the Lower Mainland. The investigation follows a report by sa国际传媒鈥檚 representative for children and youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.

The province鈥檚 commitment of up to $100,000 a year for urban deer-management and research projects is a welcome first step, but it鈥檚 such a tiny first step. This is a major problem that requires leadership, not just token involvement, by the sa国际传媒

As one candidate after another topples under the weight of social-media gaffes, two questions occur to us: 1. What were they thinking? 2. Should a person suffer forever for a one-time indiscretion or an ill-advised casual remark? No party is immune.

We don鈥檛 know what happened to the Education Ministry鈥檚 hard drive. Neither do they. In that case, our guesses are probably as good as theirs. It could be that the hard drive was not treated with the respect it deserved.

The number of dog bites 鈥� dog on dog and dog on human 鈥� is way up this year in the capital region. Officials wonder if one factor in the rise in complaints is the number of rescue dogs brought in from outside the region, and even outside the country.

Stephen Harper鈥檚 promise to reduce 鈥減ayroll taxes鈥� by 20 per cent in 2017 seems to indicate he doesn鈥檛 know the difference between a tax and a premium paid for a specific purpose, which might explain why his government has been using Employment Insur

Polls have a useful and interesting role in politics, but they should not be given more credence than they are due.

With infectious diseases mounting a comeback, provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall wants childhood vaccination beefed up. Currently, every youngster is supposed to be immunized against a variety of infectious diseases by age two.

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