Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Santori's departure says something worrying

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VICTORIA - In an odd way, we're a little worse off after resort minister Sandy Santori's decision to quit politics and manage the lo...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Coal boom raises new BC Rail sale questions

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VICTORIA - Score one round for Carole James in what will be a long political brawl over the BC Rail deal. James met the press in the legis...
Friday, January 07, 2005

Liberals, NDP both failed with Huckleberry Mine subsidies

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VICTORIA - It looks like the government did a pretty lame job of looking after your money when it came to dealing with the Huckleberry Mine....
Wednesday, January 05, 2005

The lessons from the those scenes of disaster

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VICTORIA - So what should we learn from the tsunami? A host of lessons, big and small, remarkably random - like the event itself. We should...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

B.C.'s leaky schools a reminder of rot

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VICTORIA - The greatest scandal to hit B.C. continues to unfold. Not the legislature raids, or the fast ferries. They're small potatoes...
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Friday, December 31, 2004

What to watch for on the political front in '05

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VICTORIA - Nine things things to look for as we head into another year of politics, and perhaps both federal and provincial elections. Firs...
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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Time for transportation push for B.C.'s regions

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VICTORIA - B.C.'s regions should be pushing hard to make sure a new Progress Board report on transportation issues doesn't end up ga...
Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Enough about same sex marriage, already

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VICTORIA - It's probably wrong to classify the same sex marriage debate as completely irrelevant. But where are our priorities? Childr...
Thursday, December 23, 2004

Making your life, and the world, a better place

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VICTORIA - It's the season to remember that a lot of what we're so busy worrying about doesn't really matter all that much. And...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004

BC Rail corruption charges raise doubts about whole deal

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VICTORIA - The charges alleging corruption in the BC Rail sale are very bad news for the Liberal government. The talk around the legislatur...
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Monday, December 20, 2004

Softwood ruling hammers B.C. - where's Ottawa?

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VICTORIA - Things are looking grim on the softwood front, and it's time for Canada to take the big risk of getting tough with the U.S. ...
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Teachers should welcome new plan to reach contracts

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VICTORIA - Teachers made a big mistake in immediately trashing a proposal for a new way of bargaining contracts. I don't blame them for...
Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Why Collins quit, and what comes next

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VICTORIA - So why did Gary Collins pack it in after less than one term in government, giving up the finance minister's job to run a fled...
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Monday, December 13, 2004

Communities need trust fund for pine beetle disaster

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VICTORIA - It's time to ditch all the politics and start coming up with a plan to rescue communities across B.C. from the coming pine be...

Poll shows dead heat, big woes for both parties

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VICTORIA - There's plenty in the most recent poll to scare the pants off strategists for both the New Democrats and the Liberals. With ...
Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Nominations creating problems for NDP and Liberals

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VICTORIA - I bet the Liberals did a little dance when they heard Adrian Dix had won the NDP nomination in Vancouver-Kingsway. For Gordon Ca...
Monday, December 06, 2004

Economy good enough to be good news for Campbell

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VICTORIA - It was a lot of economic good news for the Liberals in one day. First StatsCan reported that B.C.'s unemployment rate had hi...
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Thursday, December 02, 2004

High school testing up to government, not union

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VICTORIA - You've got two different issues in the current spat between the B.C. government and the teachers' union over province-wid...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Government is a pimp for desperate women from other countries

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VICTORIA - Most Canadians would be dead ashamed to know that their government is playing pimp to desperate women from around the world. But...
Monday, November 29, 2004

Surplus good news, but puts Liberals to test

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VICTORIA - It should be unalloyed good news that the B.C. government is heading towards a $2.2 billion surplus this year. Instead, the pot ...