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Editorial: Sewage cost goes up

Editorial: Sewage cost goes up

Greater Victoria’s sewage-treatment project is over-budget, and you can blame the people who bought those new condos.

Editorial: Put tax grab to good use

When municipal politicians gather for conferences, the resolutions for debate often seem earnest but unrealistic. However, the directors of the Comox Valley Regional District have come up with one that all British Columbians should support.

Editorial: Crack down on snooping into health records

Yet another Island Health staff member has been fired for snooping on patient records. An administrative-support worker at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital improperly accessed the medical files of 102 people.

Editorial: Centre deserves funding

The Victoria Sexual Assault Centre does important work in the community. It shouldn’t have to beg for uncertain funding to keep its doors open. Saanich Coun.

Editorial: Closing the drug houses

Drug houses are a blight on neighbourhoods throughout B.C. Cracking down on them has frustrated neighbours, landlords, the police, bylaw officers and municipalities.

Speaker pleads with MLAs to stop being so ‘unruly’

On Wednesday, B.C. Legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas opened question period by asking MLAs to be more civilized than they had been the previous day.

Editorial: Big spenders are out

British Columbia’s new campaign financing laws have taken the big money out of politics, and that’s a good thing. When the NDP was elected in 2017, it kept a promise that the B.C.
Editorial: It’s decision time for Weaver and the Greens

Editorial: It’s decision time for Weaver and the Greens

Now that the B.C. government has offered financial inducements to ensure the construction of a liquefied-natural-gas plant in Kitimat, the question must be asked: How should Andrew Weaver respond? The B.C.
Editorial: Trying to fix ICBC

Editorial: Trying to fix ICBC

The government’s attempt to staunch the flow of red ink at ICBC began in earnest on Monday. If it doesn’t work, the demands for more drastic measures — even privatization — will only grow.

Editorial: Our fair share

The writer’s name is so far a secret, but the words are echoing in the legislature.