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Ombudsperson Jay Chalke has done the province a huge favour by producing a comprehensive, highly detailed account of the thoroughly bungled investigation within the Health Ministry that led to firings, suspensions and layoffs, and put vital research

British Columbians finally have answers about the firing of Health Ministry researchers in 2012, and those answers show the ministry took unsubstantiated allegations and railroaded people who did not deserve it.

With the months-long turmoil of tent city still fresh in local memories, homelessness is appearing in a different form. This time it is parked by the side of the road. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Coun.

A new surgical centre will open next month in View Royal, and already the battle lines are being drawn. The clinic is privately owned, by Calgary-based Surgical Centres Inc.

The organizations that help indigenous children face greater challenges than do other social agencies, but they do it with fewer resources. And one of the effects is that too many children are being placed in care.

British Columbians can have confidence of getting meaningful answers now that a special prosecutor has been appointed in the investigation of possible violations of the Elections Act.

The provincial election will be held May 9, and to help set the stage, we will publish weekly editorials, starting today, on issues that are likely to dominate the campaign.

International students at the University of Victoria are complaining about the tuition increases they face. Specifically, while fees for Canadian students are rising by two per cent, theirs will jump by four per cent.

Full credit to provincial court Judge Ernie Quantz for ensuring a repeat violent offender got treatment for his mental illness this week, even threatening to quit if Tyrone Goertzen was simply released from jail without treatment. It worked.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau鈥檚 Liberals want to change the rules so they spend less time answering questions in Parliament. It flies in the face of their promises about openness, and Canadians should be concerned.