Editorials Archive

The people spoke and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority listened. After enduring a storm of anger from residents, the authority’s board voted Friday to reverse an earlier decision and accept Coun.

Without specifics, the Human Rights Watch report on the treatment of aboriginal women by the RCMP has the potential to cause more harm than good to all concerned.

Look at an aerial photograph of the University of Victoria, with its park-like campus perched above the blue waters of Cadboro Bay, and it’s easy to see why so many people see it as one of the jewels of the region.

In last Tuesday’s throne speech, the B.C. government promised legislation to create an official advocate for senior citizens. It’s expected the bill will be introduced shortly, perhaps in the next two or three weeks.

People can’t be blamed for being less than excited about a proposed design for the new sewage-treatment plant to be built on McLoughlin Point: a grey concrete mass perched on the shoreline does little to stir the senses.

Victoria residents and their city council must stand up to the arrogant tactics of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

Premier Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals could have written a throne speech to inspire British Columbians with a vision of the future, but instead they kicked off the election campaign with vague promises and wishful thinking.

Victorians take their trees for granted, but the urban forest that makes us the envy of other cities is in a fight for its life.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the process for revoking or suspending driver’s licenses in B.C. requires attention. Over the last 15 months, one embarrassment after another has driven this need home. In November 2011, the B.C.

Few people inside or outside B.C.’s justice system would deny it needs to be fixed. Fixing it, however, is not something we can leave to the government alone. This week, the B.C.