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Here we go again. For British Columbians who didn’t get their fill of referendums with the one on treaty principles, two on electoral reform and one on the harmonized sales tax, another is on the way.

The Capital Regional District should take a hard look in the mirror before it hires another 20 full-time equivalent staff.

The provincial government has made a start on fixing the rules for lobbyists, but it must follow up with more reforms. Lobbying is one of those realities of government that most voters acknowledge but view with suspicion.

Political parties in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ are agonizing over how to raise the money they spend on increasingly expensive election campaigns. But what if all those millions had no effect in changing voters’ minds? A new study from the U.S.

Despite many calls for a restart, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is pushing on, with hearings in Smithers last week beginning a series of meetings this fall.

In this 150th anniversary of the creation of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, we are looking back at editorials published in our predecessor newspaper in 1867.

The race to find a new leader for the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberal Party has officially begun, with several people following the first announced candidate, former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan.

The Greater Victoria School Board was poised to eliminate all but a shred of its schools’ dress codes this week, but instead will give the issue some more debate. It’s a wise move, especially as it gives parents a chance to be heard.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government is making time to listen as it plans new marijuana regulations, even though the listening will leave only a few months to finish crafting the rules for the coming new era of legal pot.

Victoria’s city council struck the right balance in regulating short-term rentals. The measures approved last week protect people already in the business, level the playing field for hotels, and help address the housing shortage.