Pacific bagpipe wars - Telegraph British Columbia, with an area of more than a third of a million square miles, is ideal territory for bagpipes, one would think. But Vancouver has banned their use in public places. This has provoked a reaction in Victoria, Vancouver's smaller neighbour, but the capital of the province. Bagpipes, bongos, didgeridoos, all are welcome in this plucky polity, where the International Buskers Festival is held each summer. If bagpipe wars are declared we don't fancy the chances of any who stand in their way. The Canadian Scottish regiment, raised in Victoria, had a proud record of pressing six miles inland on D-Day, against resistance. Those were serious times. In softer days, the pibroch is unlikely to be quelled by petty by-laws. Next month sees the 149th Victoria Highland Games. Cabers will be tossed. Skirling will be heard. Pale Vancouverites should keep their distance.