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The provincial government’s axe has fallen on a regulatory body that oversees private colleges.

Significant Senate reform is not likely to happen in the foreseeable future, given the Supreme Court of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s ruling that the federal government cannot act alone in making changes, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.

It’s becoming more difficult to believe that abuses of the temporary foreign workers program are mere aberrations and easier to believe in widespread deliberate and cynical exploitation.

Did you hear the rumbling? Did the crockery rattle and the lights sway? That was Mother Nature knocking on the door, reminding us that we live in an earthquake zone, that we should be prepared for something bigger. The magnitude-6.

It’s heartening to see Craigflower Manor in good hands. An important piece of Vancouver Island history has a more secure future, thanks to the Victoria Highland Games Association.

It’s good to have a Plan B in case a project fails; it’s also important to have a plan for when a project succeeds. That’s the dilemma facing the Capital Regional District with the operation of the Hartland Landfill.

A Lower Mainland golf course has come up with a way to improve golf scores — double the size of the hole, welcome news for those who can get on the green in two, but then knock the ball around for another five or six strokes before sinking it.

In the wake of Jim Flaherty’s sudden death, more than a few of us probably worried — that could have been me. Flaherty, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s finance minister until his resignation last month, suffered a massive heart attack. He was 64.

It’s good to know sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s government is not so rigid that it can’t change its mind, but if it made all its important decisions in public view, with opportunity for full debate, there wouldn’t be much need to reverse those decisions.

If you haven’t broken a law, you shouldn’t worry about a police check, right? Wrong. Almost any contact with police has the potential to ruin future employment or volunteering opportunities. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½