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There has been a remarkable acceleration in B.C.鈥檚 organ-transplant program. Ten years ago, we had one of the worst records in Canada. Today, our rates have doubled, and we are first in the country.

For some B.C. Hydro customers, the power came back on just in time for New Year鈥檚 Eve celebrations. For all customers, however, the Dec. 20 windstorm was a reminder of how quickly we can end up in the cold and dark.

Officially, our province鈥檚 motto is 鈥淪plendour without Diminishment.鈥� But looking back on the year now closing, a better choice might be 鈥淓xpect the Unexpected.鈥� Premier John Horgan led off the year with a political bombshell.

Teachers and school trustees in Greater Victoria want Victoria police to bring back the three liaison officers who were pulled from area schools.

It was the first Christmas after the Great War, and both Victoria newspapers recognized that the celebrations of 1918 鈥� a century ago 鈥� would be more meaningful as a result.

Elections B.C. has announced that the referendum on electoral reform has failed. The vote was 61.3聽per cent against proportional representation and 38.7 in favour, with 1.43 million voters casting ballots. That represents a turnout of 42.6 per cent.

Under the bureaucratic language, recommendation number 5 to the Ministry of Children and Family Development is chilling: 鈥淭hat MCFD take steps to support child-protection social workers to adhere to policy on response times to child-protection report

Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt has stirred up a hornets鈥� nest by proposing that the city reduce its display of Christmas decorations.

Legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas says he is being pilloried when he is just trying to protect the interests of the people of B.C. The questions being hurled at him, he says, are unjustified and unfair.

Two employees of the City of Vernon fire department have been fired after a secret camera in the chief鈥檚 office caught them having sex there. The case shows that privacy rules lag behind increasingly pervasive technology.