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One thing among the many we have learned from the spending scandal is that the people who run the legislature are so out of touch they think it makes sense to buy luggage in Hong Kong.

Regardless of the outcome of the federal government’s latest and most serious scandal, B.C. has lost a strong and accomplished voice at the cabinet table.

Some children with special needs are being asked to stay home, according to parents in the capital region. The reason, apparently, is that there are insufficient educational assistants to work with these children.

Gotcha, Victoria. Just when Island residents were getting ready to snap photos of the first cherry blossoms and promising ourselves we wouldn’t email them to friends back east, winter hit us with a mighty wallop.

All 13 Greater Victoria mayors have agreed to ask the province to get train wheels in motion on the E&N line between Langford and Victoria.

The provincial byelection in Nanaimo last month was a lifesaver for the NDP. Had the party’s candidate lost, the seat tally in the legislature would have been tied and a general election might have followed. The B.C.

That earnest political canvasser who knocks on your door could be collecting more than your opinions. He or she might be guessing at your gender, ethnicity or religion — and reporting back to the party.

The legislature is inching toward transparency when it should be striding.

The second fatality in a month is building the pressure on the provincial government to fix a dangerous stretch of road in Langford. Even temporary measures could help prevent another tragedy.

The Maritime Museum of B.C. has an ambitious plan to become Canada’s national maritime museum. Creative as the idea is, it lacks a key element: water.