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Editorial: Ship Point can come alive

It鈥檚 good that the City of Victoria wants to make the Ship Point parking lot 鈥渁 more vibrant, unique, memorable and welcoming space鈥 for a few months. It would be better to make it a beautiful and interesting place year-round.

Editorial: Chief鈥檚 position badly damaged

It is difficult to see how Frank Elsner can continue to serve as Victoria鈥檚 police chief, regardless of the outcome of investigations and legal proceedings.

Editorial: Our Royals do us proud

The Victoria Royals have turned in a royal performance, capping an outstanding regular season by winning three titles in one night. On Wednesday night, the Royals downed the Kelowna Rockets 7-4 in Kelowna to capture the B.C.

Editorial: Clawbacks don鈥檛 give a hand up

The B.C. government made the right decision to stop snatching money away from widows and orphans. Regardless of the intention, the amount of money was small and the act looked heartless.

Editorial: Let鈥檚 say goodbye to time changes

Now that we have survived the semi-annual time change, wouldn鈥檛 it be nice if we never had to do it again? Let鈥檚 summon the courage to make daylight time the only time, and stop this antiquated ritual.

Editorial: Killing transfers a step backward

The way to attract more riders to Victoria鈥檚 regional transit system 鈥 thereby saving energy and alleviating traffic congestion 鈥 is to make riding the bus more convenient and affordable. Eliminating transfers does neither.

Editorial: Reducing numbers of geese an urgent target

As farms across the Saanich Peninsula prepare for spring seeding, the issue of goose depredation has come to the fore. Some landowners are seriously considering whether it is worth planting certain crops any longer.

Editorial: Water warning: Get the lead out

It鈥檚 possible to ignore contaminated water when the people drinking it live hundreds of kilometres away; it鈥檚 a lot harder when that water is flowing down your own throat.

Editorial: Don鈥檛 export homelessness

One way to handle homelessness is to send the homeless elsewhere, but that鈥檚 exporting a problem, not solving it.

Editorial: Equality battle has only begun

The decision to put a woman on 91原创 banknotes has been a long time coming, and much credit goes to Merna Forster of Oak Bay for championing the issue of gender equality. But that doesn鈥檛 mean the fight is over.