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It’s one thing to pretend that trains will some day run again on the E&N tracks. It’s quite another to spend large amounts of money on that pretence.

What does the result of the Cowichan Valley referendum tell Saanich and Victoria councils? It tells them they should move ahead with plans to ask voters if they favour the forming of a citizens’ assembly to study the possible effects — pro and con —

Suicide rates in B.C. rose more than 20 per cent between 2006 and 2015. While there was a slight drop in 2016, those numbers are similar to the American experience, where suicides climbed 25 per cent between 1999 and 2016.

Marijuana legalization has a real date. Those who had begun to suspect that the federal government was blowing smoke can now look forward to Oct. 17.

When Victoria and Saanich councils meet Tuesday in a special meeting to discuss a referendum question on amalgamation, they will have two examples before them of how to conduct a referendum.

Three decades have passed since 18-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and her 20-year-old boyfriend, Jay Cook, were slain in Washington state. They were on a trip from their home in Saanich.

Trinity Western University, a B.C. school, can open a law school. But the Supreme Court says it just can’t discriminate against some people who want to study there. The high court made the right call.

Consulting the people on big projects can be a messy business, but the City of Victoria should heed a suggestion for a referendum on the new Crystal Pool.

Victoria has lost a beacon of strength and compassion with the death of Suman Virk.

The government is different. The watchdog is different. The message is sadly the same: Young people in government care are being put at risk. B.C.’s representative for children and youth, Bernard Richard, replaced Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.