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VICTORIA - Random notes: Great economic news, a new party rises and Paul Nettleton jumps ridings. First, the best economic news for B.C. in...

VICTORIA - The Liberals' promise of "an additional 5,000 new intermediate and long-term care beds by 2006" has faded away. Al...

VICTORIA - No one was likely sadder than the Liberals to see Steve Orcherton lose his bid for an NDP nomination in Victoria, just as the N...

VICTORIA - Colin Hansen is following a safe rule in dealing with B.C.'s film industry, which once again has its hand out for tax dollars...

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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. ...

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

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...

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...

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

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...