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The federal government has not apologized for its efforts in bringing Canadian tourists home from hurricane-ravaged Caribbean resorts, nor should it.

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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. This week, the editors take another look at the notion that the United States might buy British Columbia.

Our Place Society sees a way to offer hope to those who need it badly. The society, best known for running a service for homeless people on Pandora Avenue, has a plan to turn the former youth jail in View Royal into an addictions-recovery centre.

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sa国际传媒鈥檚 worst recorded wildfire season is still burning, but we should waste no time in learning from this summer of devastation. We have been here before, staring across a landscape of ash and promising to do better next time.

Ticking another item off its to-do list, the sa国际传媒 NDP government has banned trophy hunting for grizzly bears. But it didn鈥檛 ban hunting for meat, which will leave conservation officers with a tricky enforcement problem.

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