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Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin — a longtime New Democrat — sounded almost like a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberal as he announced the hiring of an economic-development officer for the city.

Finding an affordable place to live in Victoria can be a crushing burden for low-income people and even some moderate-income families, so the Greater Victoria Housing Society has found a creative way to fill the demand.

Watching Prince Charles with other dignitaries at the abdication of the Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix, it was natural to wonder about the intentions of the prince’s own mother.

If the provincial government lets Esquimalt have the final say on the siting of a sewage-processing plant, it will become nearly impossible to find locations for regional facilities. Carole James, platform chairwoman for the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Sometimes a little restriction can bring greater freedom. That’s the case with the protective railings on the Ogden Point breakwater.

The next time you are fumbling with change to pay for parking on a downtown Victoria street, remember that if you were a Central Saanich municipal councillor, you’d be able to park in that spot all day for free.

As our provincial election campaign nears its end, questions about strategy are beginning to emerge. Are the New Democrats under Adrian Dix really coasting to victory, or are they sleep-walking their way to defeat? Are the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

The City of Victoria has created an excellent proposal for turning the Inner Harbour into a showpiece — as long as it ditches the part about paving over a chunk of the legislature lawn.

No matter how this year’s provincial election turns out, it will be memorable for at least one thing: the number of candidates the parties have dumped. In the first two weeks of the official campaign, five would-be MLAs have walked the plank.

Brian Burke has a daunting task ahead of him in suing bloggers and other Internet commenters for slander — the legal action is aimed at people as yet anonymous — but it’s an action whose time has come.