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Victoria city council has decided to crack down on short-term rentals (STRs) through websites such as Airbnb. About 1,700 housing units in the city are zoned for STR, though it鈥檚 likely only a portion are used for that purpose.

The unprecedented teeter-totter state of sa国际传媒鈥檚 legislature makes for gripping political drama, but it is also making British Columbians nervous.

Last month, the principal of Victoria鈥檚 Central Middle School announced that students at his school would not be allowed to bring cellphones and iPods to school because 鈥渢he detrimental impact of cellphones on our school is clear and overwhelming.

The trouble with blaming everyone for a problem is the strong possibility that no one will do anything about it. Let鈥檚 hope that鈥檚 not the case with the Supreme Court of sa国际传媒鈥檚 recent ruling on the slow pace of our justice system.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps stirred up controversy when she suggested people consider opening their homes to strangers as one way to alleviate homelessness.

Provincial health officer Perry Kendall has warned that creating a new Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions would be unwise. He was responding to a proposal by the NDP-Green alliance.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of sa国际传媒, so every Sunday we are looking back at editorials from our predecessor newspaper, The Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle, in 1867.

We often treat the ocean that surrounds us as a place to play, but we must never forget its dangers.

The heir presumptive to the premier鈥檚 office, NDP Leader John Horgan, says he will ask the sa国际传媒 Utilities Commission to conduct an assessment of sa国际传媒 Hydro鈥檚 Site C dam. That would effectively put the project on hold.

A lack of affordable housing is plaguing Greater Victoria, and municipal politicians are right to look for solutions. But not every problem can be fixed by regulations.