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The bill for public transit keeps going up, and one way or another, taxpayers have to come up with the money.

The Hawaii Mars water bomber has been retired, pulled ashore at Sproat Lake where it was based. This is a senior citizen whose service to B.C. should not be forgotten.

A revolving door of substitute teachers is hurting children in Victoria, and the Greater Victoria Teachers鈥� Association has to compromise to fix the situation.

There鈥檚 a saying that elections have consequences, and it appears the leaders of B.C.鈥檚 New Democratic Party are about to experience this first-hand.

In deciding how much power rates should increase, the B.C. Liberal government should do what鈥檚 practical and realistic, not just what鈥檚 politically comfortable. A leaked B.C. Hydro report says an increase of 26.

For drivers who needed a reminder that September means the return of school speed zones, Greater Victoria police were happy to provide a uniformed wakeup call.

Finding housing for the homeless is an investment that pays off not only for individuals, but for the community.

Governments don鈥檛 like the legislature. It鈥檚 noisy and messy and takes up time that could be used to run the province. And that鈥檚 why it鈥檚 dangerous for Premier Christy Clark鈥檚 government to brush off the fall sitting of the legislature.

Call it 鈥渢axation without transportation.鈥� University of Victoria and Camosun College students pay for mandatory bus passes as part of their student fees, but they are often left clutching those passes as fully loaded buses drive by.

B.C. Ferry Services Inc. looks like a Crown corporation and acts like a Crown corporation. It鈥檚 time to admit that reality and put the ferry service back under the oversight of the province.