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A plan is no guarantee something will get done, but the lack of a plan is a certain guarantee it won’t. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has one of the highest child-poverty rates in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, a dismal record it has held for more than a decade.

A police dog is a valuable law-enforcement tool but can also become a dangerous weapon. Implementing limits on how those dogs can be used is a prudent and necessary step. Police departments in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ have until Sept.

The premiers of Ontario and Quebec have thrown down the gauntlet. Before a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the Maritimes wins their approval, they insist, certain conditions must be met. And their list is a long one.

Recalculating.

The allegations of parliamentarians’ sexual misconduct becomes increasingly bizarre as each layer is peeled back, and one can be excused for wondering who will prove to be the real victim in this case.

There’s a military code that says you don’t leave a comrade lying on the battlefield. The federal government could do well to follow that code.

Huge executive salaries, especially for those managing public entities, make people angry. While it might feel good to vent about perceived excesses, that outrage would be better directed at inequities on the bottom of the economic ladder.

Replacing the bus depot on Douglas Street with a development more in keeping with the character of downtown Victoria is a good move, but let’s ensure it doesn’t eliminate or diminish a necessary service.

Why won’t the provincial Health Ministry complete a study of the smoking cessation drug Champix? That’s the question Heidi Clow’s mother is asking, and with good reason. Heidi was a 22-year-old navy steward from Colwood.

The Empress Hotel, the grande dame of Victoria, is going to get a makeover. That’s good for the Empress and good for Victoria. The Empress is more than a building, it’s a presence that has graced the Inner Harbour for more than a century.