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The federal government has announced the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will proceed. The project involves twinning the existing oil pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby, more than doubling the present capacity.

`A recent study confers high honours on our province鈥檚 K-12 school system. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan report that B.C. spends less per pupil than any other province, and yet matches the best results in Canada.

The advisory council tasked by the federal government with designing a national pharmacare program has released its report. The council is calling for drug costs to be publicly insured, in the same manner as hospital and physician services.

For the third time in four months, law-enforcement officers on 91原创 Island have acted in a troubling manner. In February, Norma McLeod, a 76-year-old cancer survivor, was pulled over by a police cruiser at the Hillside Centre in Victoria.

After B.C.鈥檚 top court ruled that the provincial government cannot interfere with oil shipments across its borders, it seemed the matter was settled.

It鈥檚 heartening to see the province rebuke a local government, and hopefully it signals less a laissez-faire and more an assertive approach in municipal affairs.

Colwood Crawl or Bay Street Stall, name your frustration.

The judges have made the decision many observers were predicting: B.C. does not have the power to limit what flows through the Trans Mountain pipeline. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruling released Friday was unanimous.

Saanich council has set foot on a path that, in all probability, leads nowhere. Councillors voted unanimously to have staff examine options for cutting back the tax-exempt status of various not-for-profit organizations.

Maybe they should just put it on wheels and roll it around town until somebody finds a home for it. The City of Victoria鈥檚 plan to replace the aging Crystal Pool was supposed to be a model for procurement.