Editorials Archive

Bollywood will be singing and dancing in Vancouver in April — with your tax dollars. Premier Christy Clark announced this week that Vancouver will host the first Times of India Film Awards.

It’s time for Greater Victoria to act or just stop talking when it comes to regional policing.

Elected officials will have to decide where their loyalties lie, after a new B.C. Court of Appeal ruling on conflict of interest that could catch many local politicians in its net.

The B.C. government is looking for new software that will make it easier for people to submit freedom-of-information requests, looking to technology to revamp its cumbersome system of handling the storage and flow of massive amounts of information.

The new administration building planned for the Juan de Fuca electoral area is good value, unless it signifies that the area will be governed in perpetuity by the Capital Regional District.

The good news is that the Greater Victoria School District’s high-school graduation rate is at its highest level ever. The bad news is that more than a fifth of students are still dropping out before graduation.

The movie business tends to leave people starstruck, from would-be actors who dream of fame to politicians who hand over taxpayers’ money to lure the industry to their jurisdictions. It’s a curious phenomenon.

It was Louis XVI’s finance minister who came up with the ultimate management slogan: “If a thing is possible, consider it done. The impossible? That [too] shall be done.” Louis, of course, ended up on the guillotine.

The federal government tried to get tough on human smugglers, but a judge got tough on the government for using a law that could catch too many people in its net.

Where’s a cop when you need one? Probably filling out reports. Police services need to reduce costs or risk drastic cuts, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told a national summit in Ottawa this week.