sa国际传媒

Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Opinion

Column: Pedestrians need a sidewalk coalition

Column: Pedestrians need a sidewalk coalition

Before I moved to Saanich, I never thought a person could suffer from sidewalk envy. But here I am, living on a somewhat busy street in a neighbourhood that shed its last rural traces decades ago.
Comment: Unions challenge TFW program for sa国际传媒 mine

Comment: Unions challenge TFW program for sa国际传媒 mine

Over the past several weeks, the thorny issue of inviting temporary foreign workers to fill good-paying jobs in sa国际传媒鈥檚 resource sector has been debated in a federal courtroom.
Comment: Comox Valley coal mine would be a step back

Comment: Comox Valley coal mine would be a step back

Slag heaps and tailings ponds, massive trucks full of coal thundering down our highways, heavy infrastructure, and serious risks to the environment, human health and safety. This is a turn-of-the-century industrial scenario, right? Wrong.
Column: Legalized marijuana opens Pandora鈥檚 box

Column: Legalized marijuana opens Pandora鈥檚 box

Enthusiasts in Washington state didn鈥檛 waste any time celebrating (or pushing the boundaries of) their new freedom to light up a joint.
Column: Informed giving is the best approach

Column: Informed giving is the best approach

Now that Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria Coun. Shellie Gudgeon have successfully introduced a review of canvassing bylaws, the conversation around professional canvassers is heating up.
Five years for harm-reduction services too long

Five years for harm-reduction services too long

Mark Willson The Vancouver Island Health Authority鈥檚 announcement of the return of fixed-site needle-exchange services (鈥渟ervice hubs鈥) to Victoria, after five years of false starts and delays, raises some important questions.
Column: Good news abounds in public education

Column: Good news abounds in public education

Skipping through the media for news about public education is like wading through a murky swamp of pessimism, hoping that sooner or later you鈥檒l find something reassuring about our public-school system.
Les Leyne: Leaders differ on balancing the budget

Les Leyne: Leaders differ on balancing the budget

In separate sit-down interviews this week, two utterly sincere leaders delivered emphatic guarantees about the next provincial budget. The only problem is that they conflict. NDP Leader Adrian Dix said there鈥檚 no way it will be balanced.