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EDITORIAL: We’ll judge Victoria’s new bike lane project by cyclists’ usage

EDITORIAL: We’ll judge Victoria’s new bike lane project by cyclists’ usage

Construction will cause congestion along busy Fort Street corridor for a while
EDITORIAL: School speed zones exist for a reason

EDITORIAL: School speed zones exist for a reason

When the Sooke RCMP set up their speed enforcement officers outside Journey Middle School last week, it didn’t come as a surprise to officers that they didn’t have to wait long before they began pulling over speeders.
EDITORIAL: Gord Downie – Canada’s man in Canada’s band

EDITORIAL: Gord Downie – Canada’s man in Canada’s band

A nation mourns the passing of the Tragically Hip’s iconic frontman
EDITORIAL: Silence the wrong course of action

EDITORIAL: Silence the wrong course of action

Accounts of young people being beaten, hazed and harassed date back centuries and for much of that time it was glossed over, often seen as a rite of passage for children. And, although that attitude was never acceptable, it somehow managed to persist well into modern times.
EDITORIAL: Don’t blame Victoria for reduced parking downtown

EDITORIAL: Don’t blame Victoria for reduced parking downtown

City takes brunt of complaints from outliers, while contributing to solution through urban density
EDITORIAL: Inclusion in public, exclusion in private

EDITORIAL: Inclusion in public, exclusion in private

Those in charge of hiring need to park their prejudices at the door
B.C. government should create a provincial bus service

B.C. government should create a provincial bus service

Greyhound’s reduced service will begin to affect communities, reader writes
EDITORIAL: Armed attack in Vegas strikes close to home

EDITORIAL: Armed attack in Vegas strikes close to home

VicPD chief was among the Victoria-area residents in the area at the time
EDITORIAL: Afghanistan memorial has been a long time coming

EDITORIAL: Afghanistan memorial has been a long time coming

On Saturday, the men and women who served in Afghanistan and lost their lives while fighting for the Canadian Forces, or working alongside them, will be recognized and honoured with a memorial of their own in downtown Victoria.
EDITORIAL: Super unnatural Atlantic salmon

EDITORIAL: Super unnatural Atlantic salmon

Sooke council’s decision to prohibit ocean-based invasive salmon in local waters, while symbolic, is an urgent environmental message.
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