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Editorial: Require liability insurance for boats

You can鈥檛 legally operate a motor vehicle without liability insurance. The same should apply to a powered boat.

Editorial: Wrong ruling on Portland Hotel visitor policy

In a controversial decision, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that residents at a supportive housing facility in Victoria must be allowed overnight guests. The facility in question, at 844 Johnson St., is run by the non-profit Portland Hotel Society.
Editorial: Seeking peace in Nanaimo

Editorial: Seeking peace in Nanaimo

Never mind world peace 鈥 residents of Nanaimo would like peace a little closer to home. Perhaps that can be achieved if the city council chooses the right chief administrative officer, and if the mayor and council abide by that person鈥檚 advice.
Editorial: Improve B.C.'s electoral reform process

Editorial: Improve B.C.'s electoral reform process

Attorney General David Eby, who is at the helm of preparations for the fall referendum on electoral reform, declared himself 鈥渘eutral.鈥 Of course he鈥檚 neutral. Whoever would doubt it? And by the way, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Editorial: Health firings scars remain

The wounds have not yet healed from the 2012 firings scandal that darkened Margaret MacDiarmid鈥檚 tenure as B.C.鈥檚 health minister. The scars persist for the province, for the B.C.
Editorial: Elizabeth May is not above the law

Editorial: Elizabeth May is not above the law

Elizabeth May has every right 鈥 even an obligation as leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands 鈥 to oppose and protest the Trans Mountain Pipeline project. It would be against her principles to do otherwise.
Editorial: Kinder Morgan deal not an end to pipeline woes

Editorial: Kinder Morgan deal not an end to pipeline woes

When a major event occurs, it is often said that 鈥渢his changes everything.鈥 In the case of the 91原创 government鈥檚 decision to purchase Kinder Morgan鈥檚 Trans Mountain pipeline, this doesn鈥檛 change much, at least not for B.C.

Editorial: Monuments to redemption

The driftwood bird sculptures at Esquimalt Lagoon are not just manifestations of artistic talent, they are monuments to redemption. In February 2000, Paul Lewis was sentenced to eight years in prison on six counts of armed robbery.
Editorial: Exit of B.C. chief electoral officer Keith Archer is poorly timed

Editorial: Exit of B.C. chief electoral officer Keith Archer is poorly timed

Keith Archer, B.C.鈥檚 chief electoral officer, is stepping down at the end of next week. The timing is both unfortunate and suspicious. It鈥檚 unfortunate, because the referendum on electoral reform is only six months away.

Editorial: Keep going on health reform

Medicare needs restructuring. The initiatives announced by the B.C. NDP government last week could be the beginning of that restructuring, or they could be another fizzled effort at tinkering with the system. The B.C.