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Confidence in diagnosis is the issue

We can be reassured by the apology to families from Health Minister Colin Hansen for lapses that allowed under-qualified radiologists to interpret scans in three B.C. communities. He's admitted frankly...

 
 
 

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What can Canada do about Libya? Not much

 
The one unfailing effect of international crises like the one now being played out in Libya is to reveal this country's grossly inflated sense of its own importance.
 
 

Cruise ships bring money

 
Nanaimo's long-held ambition to become a cruise ship destination is about to be realized.
 
 
 

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Nelly recovers with a donation

 
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. In 2007 Victoria's own Nelly Furtado was offered $1 million to sing for 45 minutes in front of a select audience - the family of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
 
 

Times Colonist editorial: A better way to choose

 
The party election that took Christy Clark to the top of the B.C. Liberals, and into the premier's office as well, was the first to use a high-tech system that gave every member a chance to vote.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Times Colonist editorial: Three leaders, three women

It will only last for a couple of months, but British Columbia can honestly take credit for groundbreaking progress toward gender equality, thanks to the election of Christy Clark as the leader of the B.C. Liberals.


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It's time for a turnaround in the legislature

As she begins her tenure as premier, I ask only one thing of Christy Clark -that she lead this province into a renaissance of open and honest democratic government. That's all.


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Thumbs up/ Thumbs down

To the people behind the restoration of the Kinsol Trestle, the 90-year old structure that crosses the Koksilah River in the Cowichan Valley. One of the largest wooden bridges in the world, the old rail trestle had been closed for 22 years, and there was always a risk that we would lose the historic gem. It will be open to the public later in the spring.


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Clark is facing a difficult road

The easy part is over. For Christy Clark, the hard work starts today.


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Is it about time for an e-health checkup?

The debate about Canada's public health-care system is complex and many-sided, but it comes down to one key question: As costs keep rising, how will health-care services do the best job of providing care for you and your family when you need it most?


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Parents, take responsibility

It's taken a few decades, but province's court system has finally caught up to the notion of parental responsibility. That's good.


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Clarifying our right to defend

The notion that a man's home is his castle is well established. As early as the 1600s, common law stipulated that "a man's house is his castle, and each man's home is his safest refuge."


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Taxes shifted to pay for sewage treatment

I live in Victoria and noticed that my recent utility bill showed an increase of 66 per cent on the rate at which I will be charged for Capital Regional District sewage costs. This is because Victoria, along with Saanich and Oak Bay, have or will be shifting this cost from the property tax to the utility charge.


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Saudi uprising risks new global recession

Be careful what you wish for. After an ambiguous start, western leaders have broadly welcomed the wave of protest and revolutions sweeping North Africa and parts of the Middle East.


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Cut class-size grievances

Taxpayers have spent more than $1 million fighting grievances over class sizes in the past five years - money that would have been better spent on educating our children.


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Float-plane plan raises questions

The bizarre dispute over Vancouver's float-plane terminal might eventually become a textbook case of how not to do business. For now, it should be seen as a frustrating mess that threatens to hurt Victoria's tourist industry.


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Treat water rights with the respect they deserve

On Canada's frequently drenched West Coast, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are times and places where water is scarce.


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Putting children first

Here's a thought experiment we'd like to put before the provincial government: Let's imagine a world in which British Columbia continues to be "the best place on Earth."


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Heed warning of Christchurch

The Big One is coming. We can't predict when a damaging earthquake will hit Greater Victoria; it might not be in our lifetimes. We can't say for certain which buildings will topple and which will become refuges.


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Embracing Gadhafi was Canada's shame

Moammar Gadhafi's delusional rant blaming Libya's troubles on a small group of drugaddled young people, backed by foreign "superpowers," would have been comic were it not so tragic.


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