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While natural gas has no smell of its own, there鈥檚 occasionally a whiff of rotten eggs at the wellhead. A faint hint of the same aroma accompanies an agreement the province just signed with 91原创 Northwest LNG.

The accusations of a former provincial government employee that political appointees routinely destroy emails to keep them from the public eye are as yet unproven, but neither can they be easily dismissed. The B.C.

Soccer teaches young players the value of fairness, hard work and abiding by the rules, principles ignored by some officials who hold the reins of international competition.

We don鈥檛 charge people who break the law by failing to report evidence of child abuse or neglect because it鈥檚 鈥渢ricky,鈥� according to Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux.

It鈥檚 hard to understand why PEERS Victoria wouldn鈥檛 qualify for a share of federal funding aimed at helping sex workers leave the trade. The organization was founded for that purpose, although it has expanded its scope considerably since then.

A B.C. couple gave much impetus to the local-food movement with their book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating. Perhaps Victoria city council, with its boulevard garden initiative, will kick it up a notch and inspire the 100-foot diet.

Is an epidemic of mental illness overtaking Canada鈥檚 children? It might appear so. A recent investigation by the 91原创 Institute for Health Information produced some alarming numbers.

Many private liquor-store owners in B.C. are justifiably worried 鈥� their wholesale supplier is also their competitor, as well as the entity that sets the rules on how they run their business.

As Canada Post dickers with municipalities on where to place its neighbourhood mailboxes, the federal New Democrats are promising to restore door-to-door mail delivery if they form the government after the October election.

Poverty cannot be eliminated or prosperity ensured by a wave of the legislative wand, but governments still have a responsibility toward those at the bottom of the economic scale. The difficulty is deciding how much to do and when.