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Vicki Huntington, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s only independent MLA, won’t be a candidate in the May provincial election. While her reasons for leaving politics are undoubtedly sound, the province will be the poorer for her absence.

First, there were musical handrails in a parkade and brightly coloured crosswalks. Now we’re looking at smiley-face speed signs and ping pong tables.

One justification for keeping orcas captive is that it offers opportunities to learn more about the animals, as well as raising public awareness about the species.

In September 2014, Victoria city council set out to alleviate parking issues that were plaguing the downtown core. Council decided to lure motorists into the parkades with lower rates, a free first hour and better security.

If death and taxes are two of the certainties in life, it appears a third must be added. The Insurance Corp. of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ wants a rate hike — again. The cost of basic coverage is expected to rise about 4.9 per cent in 2017, on top of a 5.

The province and the teachers’ union have worked out a $50-million interim agreement that will allow school districts to hire about 1,100 more staff in this school year. With an election coming in May, the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

One of the most important contributions made by former Victoria mayor Peter Pollen is not what you see, but what you don’t: forests of highrise buildings around the Inner Harbour.

The future of the well-loved forests surrounding Royal Roads University is uncertain because the Department of National Defence no longer wants the land.

A worker who sustains a physical injury on the job has something concrete to help prove the injury is work-related.

The decision by the University of British Columbia to drop John Furlong as a keynote speaker at a fundraising event smacks of academic cowardice.