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The red-paint bombing of several Lower Mainland businesses to draw attention to the practices involved in the fur trade is attention-getting, but ultimately defeats the purpose of the animal-rights activists behind it.
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Politicians of all parties have shown a sense of humour about the painting that portrays a nude Prime Minister Stephen Harper, reclining, being served a hot beverage from Tim Hortons, a dog at his feet.
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No simple solutions
The question of what's causing a spate of suicides and suicide attempts among First Nations members of Cowichan Tribes is complex. What should be done is likewise complicated.
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Name that party
The fact that the word "Liberal" is becoming a political liability at the federal level shows just how far the federal party has fallen. B.C. Premier Christy Clark would like her party to change its name. People can't help but associate the B.C. Liberal party with its gasping federal counterpart.
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Ferry subsidy no panacea
Regular ferry travellers have welcomed the news that Victoria has tossed B.C. Ferries an $80-million life ring.
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We need to get the pipeline economics right
Achorus is singing the praises of the oil industry's economic benefit, from the boardrooms of Alberta to the Prime Minister's Office.
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A respect for childhood
Anyone who can still remember being a child - or has a specimen on hand to study - knows that Maurice Sendak was right when he called children complicated and insisted that cruelty and anger were as much part of childhood as playtime.
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Small-claims changes cumbersome, unfair
The provincial government has introduced legislation intended to alter the way in which traffic tickets, small claims and strata disputes are resolved.
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Bridge project requires independent oversight
Last Thursday, Coun. Ben Isitt proposed that Victoria's council appoint an independent oversight monitor to review financial and technical issues with the replacement of the Johnson Street Bridge.
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Ending domestic violence
The B.C. government took a step in the right direction when it invested close to $1 million for the provincial office of domestic violence.
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Closing of visa offices will ultimately cost us
Visa offices at Canadian embassies in Germany, Japan, Iran, Malaysia and Bangladesh were closed this week. Applications to study in Canada now need to be shipped to other countries.
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Iain Hunter
Protests should be about universities
The reports last week about what, despite all evidence to the contrary, was still being called the "tuition dispute" in Quebec made me recall my meeting with Bertrand Russell.
