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LETTER: Sentencing needs to fit the crime

PM should be working on cleaning up and bringing forward bills that will allow equivalent sentencing for crimes
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OPINION: Esquimalt's image is changing

The community’s future looks bright. Now the civic leaders must fine tune the direction.
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Editorial: Limiting plastic use a good start

It’s time to do away with plastic microbeads in our cosmetics, cleansers and toothpastes.
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LETTER: Public sector wages used as excuse

Where is the evidence that “wages paid to public sector employees have ballooned?”
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B.C.’s labour market goes global

B.C.’s labour market goes global

As Ottawa cracks down on its temporary foreign worker program, B.C. building trades protest Site C dam plans
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Scouting movement got early start in Esquimalt

In March 1910, the first badges were issued and six troops organized, with the Esquimalt troop assigned 1st Arbutus
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B.C. treaty trouble has deep roots

B.C. treaty trouble has deep roots

Why did Premier Christy Clark's cabinet axe the appointment of George Abbott to treaty commission? It's not what you may have heard
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Finally, some real progress on poverty

Finally, some real progress on poverty

Cutting single parents off benefits if they enrol in school keeps them in the welfare trap. That's finally ending
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Mass support in pioneer times began with a signature

Paper petitions once carried weight in the halls of power
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NHL: Is 3-on-3 Overtime Really Any Better Than the Shootout?

NHL: Is 3-on-3 Overtime Really Any Better Than the Shootout?

The league's GMs have recommended overtime that will include some sort of 3-on-3 period, beginning next season (2016).
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