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Some go into politics for what they can get out of it; those who make a difference are the ones who go into politics for what they can put into it. Hugh Curtis’s record of public service shows he was in the latter category. We need more like him.

While some might rejoice at Environment Minister Mary Polak’s decision not to intervene in the regional sewage issue, this is not a time of triumph for anyone.

It was too late to change any decisions, but Greater Victoria residents finally got a look at what the planned sewage treatment plant would have looked like.

The dawn of the Internet spawned predictions of the demise of libraries, made irrelevant by technology that puts infinite amounts of information at almost everyone’s fingertips. But as the world has changed, so have libraries and how we use them.

Rufus Ewing’s mistake was all about poor timing. The premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands went to Ottawa this week to talk trade and to reopen the long-standing question of whether the Caribbean nation could join sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

Last week’s accident involving a horse-drawn carriage should not stampede Victoria city council into banning such modes of transportation. Two people suffered minor injuries Friday when a horse was spooked and bolted into the oncoming lane.

Modest solutions are often more effective than radical changes. The latest changes in parking regulations by Victoria city council do not denote any major policy shifts, but are a reasonable response to concerns.

When the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government introduced a screening program for colon cancer last year, it looked like a positive move. Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer fatalities, killing about 9,000 Canadians each year.

The huge natural gas deal signed this week by China and Russia shows the risk the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberals are taking by putting all their eggs in the liquefied natural gas basket. The 30-year deal between the two countries certainly doesn’t put sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

If the government and the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Teachers’ Federation are putting the welfare of students first, we don’t see the evidence.