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This year’s orca baby boom is a cause for celebration, but not a reason for complacency. The whales are barely breeding at replacement rate, when population growth is needed to ensure the long-term survival of the endangered mammals.

As of today, Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch in British history, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who held the throne for 63 years, seven months and two days.

The city of Victoria wants us all to put on our thinking caps and try to find a solution to the problem of people sleeping in parks. The city will hold a workshop on Sept.

Island Health is negotiating with a private Calgary-based firm to deliver 55,000 surgical and diagnostic procedures over the next five years. The work will be conducted at free-standing clinics, initially in Victoria, and later in the mid-Island.

Questions are sure to be asked as Capital Regional District directors consider a report that recommends nearly doubling their pay. The first question should not be whether to double the pay, but what is fair compensation for the work required.

If you’ve enjoyed hearing about how some senators live high off public money, you will be absolutely delighted to learn how candidates and political parties for Parliament are spending your dollars on their campaigns.

Suddenly, the Syrian refugee crisis is no longer a massive, incomprehensible number. Suddenly, the Syrian refugee crisis has a heart-rending face, that of a three-year-old boy lying lifeless on a Turkish beach.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has come up with some sensible suggestions, but restoring door-to-door mail delivery isn’t one of them.

A flurry of speeding tickets issued by police Tuesday might have the effect of slowing traffic on the Malahat — for a day or two.

An election campaign should be an opportunity for candidates to hear from the people, and for the people to hear from the candidates.