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Levers, in many instances, are better than doorknobs. They are easier to grasp for those whose grip has been weakened by age or ailment.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Post has calculated how much it will save by ending door-to-door delivery and raising rates, but it apparently hasn’t calculated how much those changes will cost people who depend on mail service.

It would be gratifying to see sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries’ new vessels built in British Columbia by a local company. But not at any price.

As Alice Munro was embarking on her literary career, she was dismissed by a university professor as just another housewife writer.

The CREST emergency-radio system has lots of friends, but it still doesn’t get any love from the Victoria police department. CREST is hoping $13 million in upgrades will win over VicPD.

The petition campaign aimed at decriminalizing marijuana in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has fallen short of support needed to get the measure on a ballot, but the effort to reform sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s marijuana laws should continue.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s school-age children learn fewer basic skills each year, and our country’s education ministers don’t know why. The declining skill levels are laid bare in a new report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Legions of people have struggled for freedom over the ages, but only a handful of them have kept their faith in the goodness of the human spirit — Nelson Mandela was one of these.

When Randy George Scott was acquitted of driving a motorcycle at 299 km/h on Greater Victoria roads, he didn’t get the bike back. It had been seized and sold under sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s civil-forfeiture law before his trial began.

The provincial government, eager to find long-term labour peace, has signed three more five-year tentative agreements with its employees.