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When police departments in the Greater Victoria region should be working more closely together, the planned disbanding of the Regional Crime Unit is a step backward for co-ordinated policing and a step ahead for the crooks.

It’s only fitting that Victorians turn out by the tens of thousands for a parade on Victoria Day. After all, the holiday honours the same queen who gave her name to our city. Other Canadians celebrate, too, but it still feels like our day.

British Columbia’s glaciers are melting faster than most glaciers elsewhere on the planet, raising concerns in the U.S. It should also increase the level of concern — and action — here in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ A report released by the U.S.

Medical marijuana might not cause headaches for its users, but it’s continuing to cause headaches for municipal councillors.

The provincial government ordered the Capital Regional District in 2006 to plan a land-based sewage-treatment facility and have it operating by 2016.

It seemed that reality had finally penetrated Premier Christy Clark’s determination to sign a 10-year contract with sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s teachers. But then the government spoiled the effect by needlessly poking the teachers with a stick.

A caustic United Nations report has reproached sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ for mistreating indigenous peoples. The report mirrors a 2004 investigation by the UN which raised similar concerns.

An apology cannot change history, but acknowledgment and disavowal of past evils can help shape a better future. As the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Victorians are fortunate to be able to view Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends, a travelling exhibit that opens in the Royal sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Museum today.

Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says the oil-spill liability system she announced in New Brunswick Tuesday is the most robust and comprehensive in the world, but it offers little in the way of comfort and reassurance to those who stand to lose