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Top 20 observations of new Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­council’s first full week of public meetings

Top 20 observations of new Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­council’s first full week of public meetings

‘Friendly amendments,’ more recesses than a primary school and something called ‘spatial justice’ made for insightful week
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­food challenges: 'I ate the whole thing' at Anton's Pasta Bar

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­food challenges: 'I ate the whole thing' at Anton's Pasta Bar

Occasionally, when people say I can’t do something I like to prove them wrong...
You want stories about bags of chips? We’ll give you stories about bags of chips

You want stories about bags of chips? We’ll give you stories about bags of chips

It’s not every day we pull back the curtain and reveal the wizardry that keeps this newspaper churning. But today is that day.
A bridge collapsed into a Burnaby creek during a critical spawning time

A bridge collapsed into a Burnaby creek during a critical spawning time

One Burnaby environmentalist wonders why trail repairs were being done during a rainstorm
Les Leyne: Ride-hailing saga to hit the legislature

Les Leyne: Ride-hailing saga to hit the legislature

One of the last bills to be introduced in the current legislative session is going to be one of the most closely watched. A package of changes that could finally open the door in B.C. to ride-hailing companies will be introduced, likely next week.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­School Board, province address student inequality

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­School Board, province address student inequality

For the most part in Canada, school children are given equal opportunities to succeed. But some children — those who are Indigenous, in foster care, disabled or from certain racial groups — are left behind, a new report from UNICEF says.
Jack Knox: The wide-ranging impact when a Legion branch closes

Jack Knox: The wide-ranging impact when a Legion branch closes

They stood and cheered when the Greater Victoria Police Pipe Band, fresh from a Remembrance Day ceremony, played its way into the Britannia Legion on Sunday.
Here’s a checklist of Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s promises

Here’s a checklist of Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s promises

Tripling the empty homes tax, building 25,000 non-profit ‘affordable homes’ among new mayor’s agenda
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­parents say province is wasting money seismically upgrading 98-year-old school

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­parents say province is wasting money seismically upgrading 98-year-old school

Costs of replacing Edith Cavell elementary cheaper in the long run, according to report
Three ways Premier John Horgan could be more lit when expressing his wokeness

Three ways Premier John Horgan could be more lit when expressing his wokeness

Regardless of where you stand on proportional representation , one thing is clear: Premier John Horgan has embraced the embarrassing-dad-trying-to-be-cool approach with such a lack of self-consciousness or vanity, it’s almost admirable.