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Every serious incident on the Malahat, such as the one that blocked the highway for 14 hours Thursday, brings a flood of suggested solutions. Some verge on fantasy; most are long term and extremely expensive.

Greater Victoria School District trustees have a difficult decision on their plates: What to do with Vic High? The school has been an important feature of Victoria鈥檚 landscape since 1914.

No one likes paying higher taxes, but most of us don鈥檛 get to raise our pay when our taxes go up. Unless we happen to be directors of the Capital Regional District.

The plastic waste problem is so huge, Victoria鈥檚 efforts to limit single-use plastics are like spitting on a forest fire, so why bother? Because, even though it is following in Vancouver council鈥檚 footsteps, which has voted to ban plastic drinking st

Forget about light rail for the capital region, Premier John Horgan said this week, drawing sighs of disappointment and relief. The advocates of rail are frustrated to see the province giving up on what is obviously the way of the future.

Last December, 11-year-old Leila Bui was struck by an SUV at a marked crosswalk on Ash Road in Saanich. The young girl has undergone numerous surgeries but remains largely unresponsive.

Premier John Horgan must feel as if all the other kids in the playground are ganging up on him.

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As the Vancouver Police Department has said: 鈥淲e never want to live in a society where someone can be murdered in secret.鈥� Sadly, too many other agencies of government and law enforcement don鈥檛 seem to agree.

It鈥檚 generally wiser to under-promise and over-deliver than to over-promise and run the risk of getting egg all over your face.