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Comment: British Columbia is losing its tax advantage

Comment: British Columbia is losing its tax advantage

We will not be undersold, the old TV car commercials used to blare. If only the B.C. government would take that message to heart.
Comment: Island universities, colleges work together for students

Comment: Island universities, colleges work together for students

The mission of post-secondary education is to help students succeed in a rapidly changing world. This year, more than 34,000 students enrolled in 91Ô­´´ Island’s five public post-secondary institutions to find their pathways to success.
Shannon Corregan: Help young people make good choices

Shannon Corregan: Help young people make good choices

Despite the fact that we’re the 12th most populous urban area in Canada, Victoria is a relatively small community, both in terms of geography and population. In a community such as ours, when tragedy occurs, it touches most of us.
J.L. Granatstein: Canada needs a realistic foreign policy

J.L. Granatstein: Canada needs a realistic foreign policy

What must Canada’s government base its foreign policy on? First, let us consider what a foreign policy must not be. Foreign policy is not about loving everyone or even helping everyone.
Les Leyne: Double-cross is normal in B.C. teacher talks

Les Leyne: Double-cross is normal in B.C. teacher talks

Contract talks between the government and B.C. teachers are moving along nicely — by our standards. There are phoney reassurances, delusional optimism and some passive-aggressive, self-interested leaking. So we’re right about where we should be if B.
Kate Heartfield: Do prostitutes sell themselves or a service?

Kate Heartfield: Do prostitutes sell themselves or a service?

The Supreme Court has given Canada a year to come up with prostitution laws that don’t put sex workers in danger. The justice department is soliciting opinions from 91Ô­´´s on its website.
Comment: High tech depends on us

Comment: High tech depends on us

Technology is neutral. How we use it depends on us. From the wheel to the plow, right through to vaccines and the silicon chip, its use has always disrupted the pattern of human life.
Comment: Is technology dangerous?

Comment: Is technology dangerous?

Information technology usage may be making us dumber by impairing and possibly damaging our brains.
Airport-downtown rail link: Toronto is getting it, 91Ô­´´ has it

Airport-downtown rail link: Toronto is getting it, 91Ô­´´ has it

The best way to travel between 91Ô­´´ International Airport and downtown 91Ô­´´ is to hop on a Canada Line train. It takes 25 minutes to go between the airport and Waterfront, the most-distant downtown station.
Comment: Priced parking needed for a vibrant downtown

Comment: Priced parking needed for a vibrant downtown

Recent proposed changes to fares for parking in downtown Victoria has kicked up an unfortunately predictable chorus of naysayers who claim any changes to parking fares will be the death blow for our struggling downtown core.