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Editorial: sa国际传媒 Farmers had record year

British Columbia鈥檚 farmers had their best year ever in 2016, according to industry statistics. The agri-food sector generated $13 billion in sales and $440 million in profits, both record numbers.
Editorial: Is there a mole inside the NDP?

Editorial: Is there a mole inside the NDP?

It appears the provincial NDP has a mole in its ranks. Someone is leaking portions of the party鈥檚 election strategy to the sa国际传媒 Liberals. The most recent set of smuggled documents concerned an upcoming announcement on climate action.

Editorial: Youth in care died needlessly

The suicide of a youth in government care in 2015 seemed tragic at the time. In fact, the full story is much worse, and it is spelled out in a new report by the province鈥檚 child watchdog.

Editorial: Think twice on vacancy tax

Victoria city council wants to expand its financial toolbox with the authority to tax vacant and derelict properties. While it might sound tempting, we don鈥檛 have enough information on the problem.

Editorial: A Zamboni for the ages

Who among us has not resorted to desperate measures during this strange time of snow not only falling out of the sky, but actually piling up on the ground? Vancouver Islanders are using a phrase that is seldom heard on the coast: 鈥淚t鈥檚 starting to st

Editorial: Is free heroin the best route?

More than 900 British Columbians died of illicit drug overdoses last year. That鈥檚 80 per cent more than 2015, and the highest total ever recorded in our province. Nor is there an end in sight.

Editorial: New life coming to downtown

Plans for two new 21-storey towers on Yates Street are another positive sign that long-neglected parts of Victoria are coming to life. Along with other projects in the area, the proposal by Chard Development Ltd.
Editorial: Trudeau broke a bad promise

Editorial: Trudeau broke a bad promise

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has walked away from his promise to reform the electoral system, and it鈥檚 just as well, because it was a bad promise that should never have been made.

Editorial: A new drug danger

All the anxiety about fentanyl is compounded now that carfentanil has been confirmed in the illegal drug supply in sa国际传媒 New lab tests developed in sa国际传媒 that started Jan.

Editorial: Spend money for more GPs

At walk-in medical clinics around the province, patients are being turned away because of a government-imposed cap. Doctors practising at these clinics are paid 100 per cent of the physician fee schedule for the first 50 patients they see each day.