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Editorial: Plastic pollution

The view from the shore anywhere around Victoria is postcard-perfect, but a danger you can’t see is creeping across the waters.

Editorial: Pipeline goes to court

It’s off to court we go. As promised, the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government is taking a reference case to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Court of Appeal over its rights relating to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Editorial: Using veto power

If you wanted to create an effective regional police force, you would not look at the unhealthy marriage of Victoria and Esquimalt for a model.
Editorial: C-sections continue rising

Editorial: C-sections continue rising

More than a third of children born in British Columbia are delivered by caesarean section — the largest proportion in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.
Editorial: Questions about ICBC

Editorial: Questions about ICBC

Forty-five years ago, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s first NDP government created ICBC to save drivers from the predations of private insurers. Today, car owners want to be saved from the predations of ICBC.

Editorial: Camosun’s rights decision

Camosun College might have an important lesson for us in a decision about human rights, but instead we have a fog of inadequate information. Three nursing students successfully appealed a failing mark in one of their courses.

Editorial: Teen's death highlights dangers of painkillers

The death last week of Elliot Eurchuk, a 16-year-old student at Oak Bay High School, raises a troubling issue. The boy had been through several operations to repair sports-related injuries.

Editorial: A new weapon

A Supreme Court ruling on booze in New Brunswick could have an impact on pipelines in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ No doubt, lawyers across the country are reading it with great care.

Editorial: We love to hate telecoms

Canadians adore their cellphones, their internet and their television. But they despise the companies that supply them. Canadians love to complain about the prices they pay and the service they get — or don’t get.

Editorial: We want your books

It’s the event of the year for book-lovers on the Island — and it’s back for its 21st year. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Book Sale is almost here. Today and Sunday is the weekend that makes it all possible: the book drive.