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VICTORIA - That was a convincing win for the NDP in Surrey, a blow for the Liberals and a disaster for the Green Party and Adriane Carr. Th...

VICTORIA - Don't fall for the rhetoric about getting tough on drunk driving. While the debate about decriminalizing marijuana rages o...

VICTORIA - OK, it's confusing, but you should be wildly enthusiastic about the chance to change the way we elect MLAs and governments in...

VICTORIA - Mostly, it comes down to trust and common sense when your government says it has a plan to protect your privacy from a powerful n...

VICTORIA - Call me cynical, but it seems like a heck of a coincidence that the Liberals decided to offer up a sales tax cut days before a ho...

VICTORIA - A surreal day at the legislature. The cabinet minister for gambling says he has no opinion on whether gambling has expanded in B...

VICTORIA - The Jumbo Glacier ski resort is shaping up to be one huge headache for government. This should have been a good news story for t...

VICTORIA - I try to be kind, at least in print, but the Liberals look dead sleazy on gambling. They said gambling was morally wrong, and de...

VICTORIA - The voices of children aren't easily heard in our society, especially the thousands of children in foster care, or in familie...

VICTORIA - It's hard to see how letting a company off the hook for $3 million owed to the government isn't a subsidy, something the ...

VICTORIA - I'd file the Liberals' safe streets legislation under empty gestures. The Campbell government - after some initial scoff...

VICTORIA - Free road kill, a lifeless open cabinet and a fogbound legislature. Notes from the halls. Day one in the fall session, and we...

VICTORIA - The Surrey byelection called -finally - by the premier is going to give you a heck of a sneak preview of next May's election....

VICTORIA - The probe of Tasers in B.C. has already paid off with an interim report that recommends tougher controls on the use of the high-t...

VICTORIA - The lesson from the latest poll is that British Columbians wish there was a "none-of-the-above" box on the election bal...

VICTORIA - So ICBC's board forces out their CEO and launches a national search for a replacement. They hire a search firm - figure more...

VICTORIA - Stan Hagen looks like a good choice for the tough children and families job. The veteran minister from the Comox Valley wasn...

VICTORIA - Set the conspiracy theories aside. Christy Clark says she quit because she found it just too hard to balance politics and the c...

VICTORIA - I try to be positive, but Paul Martin's health summit strikes me as a dumb exercise. Not that the people are stupid. B.C....

VICTORIA - Yes, that is a real $1.2-billion surplus the Liberals are suddenly projecting for this year. And it makes both the job of govern...