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Before I moved to Saanich, I never thought a person could suffer from sidewalk envy. But here I am, living on a somewhat busy street in a neighbourhood that shed its last rural traces decades ago.

Over the past several weeks, the thorny issue of inviting temporary foreign workers to fill good-paying jobs in B.C.鈥檚 resource sector has been debated in a federal courtroom.

Slag heaps and tailings ponds, massive trucks full of coal thundering down our highways, heavy infrastructure, and serious risks to the environment, human health and safety. This is a turn-of-the-century industrial scenario, right? Wrong.

Enthusiasts in Washington state didn鈥檛 waste any time celebrating (or pushing the boundaries of) their new freedom to light up a joint.

Now that Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria Coun. Shellie Gudgeon have successfully introduced a review of canvassing bylaws, the conversation around professional canvassers is heating up.

Mark Willson The 91原创 Island Health Authority鈥檚 announcement of the return of fixed-site needle-exchange services (鈥渟ervice hubs鈥�) to Victoria, after five years of false starts and delays, raises some important questions.

Skipping through the media for news about public education is like wading through a murky swamp of pessimism, hoping that sooner or later you鈥檒l find something reassuring about our public-school system.

In separate sit-down interviews this week, two utterly sincere leaders delivered emphatic guarantees about the next provincial budget. The only problem is that they conflict. NDP Leader Adrian Dix said there鈥檚 no way it will be balanced.