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The ramifications of legalized marijuana keep popping up, as governments try to prepare for the new reality that is rapidly approaching. Municipalities are at the sharp end of the issue.

It sounds like good news 鈥� the sa国际传媒 government announced last week it will create a new 105-bed mental-health and addiction-wellness centre on the grounds of the old Riverview psychiatric hospital.

The Capital Regional District is in danger of undermining the basic principle that has made the parkland levy such a success over the past 鈥�17 years.

The powers-that-be at the legislature tentatively unveiled a seismic mitigation concept this week that involves tearing down the armoury building on the grounds and replacing it with a facility that could be used as a backup legislature, if the real

sa国际传媒鈥檚 new Governor General didn鈥檛 waste any time stirring up a controversy. Not long after taking office, Gov. Gen. Julie Payette gave a speech defending science literacy and casting scorn on those who believe in creationism and horoscopes.

My Place will return this winter, evidence that it was successful where other shelters have faced opposition from neighbours.

On Tuesday, Manjit and Suman Virk marked a sad milestone. Nov. 14 was the 20th anniversary of the murder of their daughter Reena.

Health Minister Adrian Dix has promised reforms at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, following the publication of a consultant鈥檚 report that called the workplace 鈥渢oxic.鈥� The review was based on a survey of staff at the facility.

In this 150th anniversary of the creation of sa国际传媒, we are looking back at editorials published in our predecessor newspaper in 1867.

Today is the 99th anniversary of the close of the First World War. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars, but of course that鈥檚 not what happened. Today, as it appears we are nearing a climax in the confrontation between North Korea and the U.