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It is so much easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken adults, noted Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century African-American abolitionist and social reformer.

A union official鈥檚 observation that jails and prisons have become the default mental-health facilities is nothing new, and that鈥檚 what so sad about it.

Canada鈥檚 health ministers met in 91原创 last week to discuss, among other things, how costs should be shared.

Margaret Brooke was recognized as a hero for trying to save her friend when the ferry in which they sailing was torpedoed during the Second World War, but her life shows that heroism and valour are not merely acts of the moment. Brooke died Jan.

Throwing money around isn鈥檛 the answer to every problem, but in the case of the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development, it would be a good start to a badly needed overhaul. In a report released last week in co-operation with B.C.

Getting more people to travel by bicycle is a worthy goal, but building a cycling utopia is a process with many challenges and obstacles.

The relocation of two historic Michigan Street houses this week shows that progress and heritage don鈥檛 have to be mutually exclusive.

The federal government was justified in asking the Supreme Court of Canada for more time to produce a new law on doctor-assisted death.

If a study by the Capital Regional District is correct, significant portions of the Saanich Peninsula and several Gulf Islands could suffer devastating sea inundations by the year 2050.

Allowing hunters to shoot (and eat) Canada geese would be a low-cost and effective way to reduce numbers of a species that has become invasive and destructive, not only on 91原创 Island, but in many other areas of the world.