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There’s an endangered species on Vancouver Island — and elsewhere — that is well worth preserving. It’s the small farmer. Agriculture is subsidized in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to the tune of about $7 billion a year, the bulk of which goes to large operations.

Larry the greyhound is not in the doghouse, but an Air sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ official is. While airline staff search San Francisco for the dog that can run 40 km/h, one of their colleagues is learning a harsh lesson about being careful with email.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, the provinces and First Nations are having enough trouble solving treaty and land-claim issues without the latest curveball: satellite reserves.

A Toronto study has linked pedestrian countdown signals with an increased rate of accidents at intersections, but in the Greater Victoria region, the signals are seen as a positive development and more will be installed.

Normally mild-mannered sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is ruffling feathers around the world, and a lot of the fuss has been caused by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The Greater Victoria school board is considering giving students a non-voting position on the board. We say go for it — it would bring another perspective to board meetings and for the students it would be hard to find a better civics lesson.

In a controversial move, Forestry giant TimberWest is proposing to build a wind farm in the hills around Sooke. The company, which owns 10 per cent of Vancouver Island’s surface area, believes renewable energy has a growing role to play.

Good intentions and hard work were not enough. After years of imprudent financial decisions and failed efforts to fix the problems, the Land Conservancy of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has been put under creditor protection.

Generations of Canadian readers knew it. Writers around the world knew it. Now everyone knows it. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s Alice Munro is the greatest living writer of short stories.

Nanaimo is dreaming big again, and we hope the dream will pay off. The city has approved a development permit for a Chinese tourism company to build a $50-million hotel on a city lot next to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.