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Attitudes about garbage have evolved considerably since those golden years when the City of Victoria barged its garbage out to sea and dumped it in the water.

Add nearly $1 million to the toll already taken by the Health Ministry firings.

Two hours after an Amber Alert was issued for two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette of Blairmore, Alta., on Monday, the alert was issued in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, even though Blairmore is mere minutes from the provincial boundary.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain’s climax. On Sept. 15, 1940, German aircraft launched a massive attack on London. The aim was to cause sufficient devastation that a cross-Channel invasion could follow.

As pressure grows for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to admit more refugees from Syria, so, too, grows the fear that terrorists will be among those refugees.

News that the Insurance Corp. of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ wants a 6.7 per cent lift in basic car-insurance rates has caused a predictable uproar. Todd Stone, the minister responsible for ICBC, called the proposed increase “unacceptable.

Miley Cyrus is urging her fans to sign an online petition against sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s plans to cull wolves in the Interior, a measure the province says is necessary to protect a threatened caribou population.

If the federal government would give the same deal to West Coast ferry passengers as it does those on the East Coast, John Duncan’s campaign pledge this week might be a little more impressive.

The British, not to be outdone by Canadians and our Senate expenses furor, are in the midst of their own expenses scandal. Current and former MPs who have not repaid improperly claimed expenses are being named and shamed. Good on them.

The draining of the Keating Elementary School parent advisory committee’s bank account is more than a monetary loss — trust and confidence have also been stolen, and the efforts of hardworking community volunteers have been erased.