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It is rather unfortunate that some bureaucrat sought to besmirch Bob Paulson, the newly appointed commissioner of the RCMP, for the simple matter of his having an RCMP honour guard attend at his recent wedding.

Health-care cost debate ignores the many efforts of our older citizens

Whose job is it to create jobs? Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of sa国际传媒 Governor Mark Carney have been chastising Canadian corporations because they are sitting on an estimated $526 billion in cash.

Re: "Remembering the end of the Avro Arrow," Aug. 29. The Avro Arrow could have flown supersonically 20 kilometres above sa国际传媒.

Grow up, Prince Harry. You're 27 years old. That's not a kid anymore. That's a grown man. Boys will be boys, but men should act like men.

Victoria is a tourist town. Listening to a few of those tourists was revealing and might give food for thought for local retailers.

On Thursday, we saw what had been expected for some time: Robert Fawcett, the man accused of cruelly killing more than 50 sled dogs in Whistler in 2010, pleaded guilty in North Vancouver provincial court.

Re: "Drunk-driving cases 'staggering,'" Aug. 30. Since May, the Victoria Police Department has taken off the road 115 people who were either suspected impaired drivers, driving under the influence of drugs or those who refused to blow.

Re: "sa国际传媒 official under fire for $40,000 bill," Aug. 29.

Re: "Tuition costs must be curbed," Aug. 25. As a student, and later as a financial assistance officer, I saw the university serving three functions: teaching, research and community service.