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Adrian Dix and the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ New Democrats probably wished they were reading an April Fool’s Day joke, but it’s true that former premier Mike Harcourt is leaving the party.

The removal of derelict boats and illegal moorings from Oak Bay this week was done by the kind of partnership that needs to be made permanent.

Shortly after the 2013 provincial election, Premier Christy Clark announced substantial raises for political staffers.

They shouldn’t be seen as an open invitation to replace farms with condo complexes and gas wells, but proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve recognize that not all farmland is the same. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

The Saanich school district has abandoned its new student-tracking system after spending $1.5 million on the project. Apparently, the software couldn’t interface with the new personal identity card the provincial government wants us to carry.

It will be difficult to convince people of the merits of separating out kitchen scraps if those scraps end up in the landfill with the rest of the garbage. The Capital Regional District board should make sure that doesn’t happen.

The 50th anniversary of the Alaskan earthquake and the subsequent Port Alberni tsunami is a reminder that it can happen again, and it will, although no one can predict when. It’s also a time to take note of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

It’s a great relief to learn that rumour about Kim Jong Un’s hairdo is likely false.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken — and it’s making a mess in the process. Cities and towns in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Message to politicians and others prone to indulging in luxuries at public expense: Just stop it. Stop making excuses. Stop whining that it’s the way things have always been done.