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Liberals better learn - quickly - from doctors' dispute By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Never get into a fight with a person who may some...

Liberals betray past by rushing labour bills through By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - The Liberals want to cut the amount of money going to in...

Poll first warning of big trouble for Campbell By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - The first anniversary poll results should scare Gordon Campbel...

Chretien mocks B.C's tough times By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Pierre Pettigrew thinks the softwood lumber dispute hasn't cost job...

Liberals botching long-term care By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - The Liberals have made a botch of launching their long-term care strategy,...

Health care change a needed gamble By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Give the Liberals pretty good marks for their health care changes. It...

If the workers are messed up, so are we By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Sure, morale stinks in lots of offices. One of the rituals of wor...

Referendum running into major problems By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Two very bad things happened to the Liberals in the early days of thei...

Kwan bungled, but no harm, no foul By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - My desk in the legislature is a metaphor, I think. The Press Gallery is...

Best referendum bet is a careful no vote By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - I hadn't really thought how I'd respond to the treaty refere...

Uneasy truce with doctors, but no peace By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - It's mixed news for the Liberals. Premier Gordon Campbell deserv...

Little hope for forest communities in Campbell's words By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Campbell offered up all the right ...

Liberals flip-flop on urgent need to rescue children By Paul Willcocks VICTORIA - What can you do if your 14-year-old daughter skips sch...

B.C. politics look better from 6,000 kms away By Paul Willcocks ATHENS - Where are you from, asks the waiter, as we settle into the open a...

"These ones, I was thinking of." She holds a plate in front of him, heavy china, shiny under the store's halogen lights, cream...

The coat was right. Carson saw it hanging from the ceiling, above the racks, shining blue-black , like the hair of beautiful and dark women....