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The provincial government is again trying to prepare an apology for the Chinese head tax, but the taint from the last effort lingers. In trying to exploit the issue for political gain, powerful players among the B.C.

The issue of amalgamating Greater Victoria鈥檚 municipalities is a thorny one, and persuasive arguments can be made pro and con. But there shouldn鈥檛 be much argument about consolidating the region鈥檚 911 dispatch service. It鈥檚 about saving lives.

Wait times to see a dermatologist are now so long, provincial Health Minister Terry Lake has felt obliged to intervene. Lake visited the only skin-care specialist in Kamloops recently and inquired what could be done. There is indeed a problem.

The provincial government is taking a new tack on public-sector wage increases, and it doesn鈥檛 include the number 鈥渮ero.鈥� After years of sharing the pain of the B.C.

The federal government has handed new marching orders to Canada鈥檚 diplomats 鈥� promoting trade is Job No. 1. It seems like a big step away from the traditional view most 91原创s have of our foreign service.

Remote-control surveillance aircraft, once a mainstay of science fiction, are becoming increasingly common and more sophisticated. Regulations regarding these devices, also called unmanned aerial vehicles, need to catch up to the technology.

British Columbia falls somewhere in the middle of 91原创 provinces in standard-of-living rankings, but solidly at the bottom when it comes to child poverty.

Like an alcoholic, the provincial government is promising to cut down on the amount it guzzles from the B.C. Hydro keg.

With the shock of the B.C. provincial election results still fresh in the minds of voters, one of Canada鈥檚 top pollsters is worried that governments will ban surveys during election campaigns.

Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy, but protesters in Oak Bay abused that freedom on Saturday. About 45 demonstrators opposed to Oak Bay鈥檚 plan to cull deer marched from Oak Bay Avenue to the home of Mayor Nils Jensen.