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Editorial: Reforms can’t create honesty

While the Harper government’s Fair Elections Act contains some welcome changes to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s electoral process, it’s hard to escape the feeling that the Conservatives are still stinging from the spankings they got over allegations of dirty tricks and f

Editorial: Stop pretending on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries

Calling sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries a private corporation doesn’t make it one, no matter how many times you say it. The corporation must be brought back under the government umbrella and operated as part of the provincial highway system as the public service it is.

Editorial: Protect designated drivers

The province should be quick about fixing regulations so that designated drivers are covered for damages or injury resulting from the actions of drunk passengers.

Editorial: Save a life — your own

Most people would be willing to take a pill if it would improve their health. Not so many are willing to follow a prescription that includes more exercise and better eating.

Editorial: Draw the line on surveillance

The civil-rights watchdog in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is leading the lawsuit to rein in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s electronic spy agency, and the most recent revelations should yield more evidence for its case.

Editorial: A fair hearing for tennis plan

The outcome of Saanich council’s deliberations over a proposed tennis-court complex might not be to everyone’s liking, but at least everyone had a say.

Editorial: Radiation fears are overblown

Three years after the event, is it possible Vancouver Island is about to be inundated with radiation from the Fukushima power station in Japan? The blogosphere certainly thinks so.

Editorial: Burden on seniors goes up

Victoria’s mayor has a plan to ease the burden on cash-strapped seniors, but it’s a sign that municipalities are taking a bigger and bigger bite out of homeowners’ wallets. Mayor Dean Fortin and Coun.

Editorial: High price of military service

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ asks much of its sons and daughters who answer the call to put on military uniforms. When they in turn call for help, we must answer. Cpl. Stuart Langridge, son of Victorians Sheila and Shaun Fynes, called for help and didn’t get it.

Editorial: Provoking strike was shameful

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government threw your children under the school bus. A sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court justice says the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberals, under Premier Christy Clark, deliberately tried to provoke the province’s teachers into going on strike.