Paying attention

VICTORIA - It was pretty a good week for Gordon Campbell. An Ipsos-Reid poll reported strong support for both the Liberals and Campbell’s le...

VICTORIA - Everybody knew something bad could happen if Neil Fahlman was cut loose with no support when he turned 19. Even the government’s ...

VICTORIA - What's wrong with saying to people in their first two years of driving that they shouldn't talk on a cellphone while they...

VICTORIA - It’s been a choppy patch for BC Ferries. Fares have soared. The Queen of Oak Bay crushed a flotilla of boats last year in Horsesh...

VICTORIA - Mostly what I thought when I heard that Ken Thomson had died was that now I could only claim personal acquaintance with two billi...

VICTORIA - Somebody tried to break into my car this spring, hammering a screwdriver into the lock and then tugging enthusiastically on the f...

VICTORIA - Just when the Harper government was looking a little rattled, along comes Joe Volpe to remind voters what they don't like abo...

VICTORIA - It’s not as if Weyerhaeuser made any sort of case for a $200-million gift from B.C. taxpayers. But the Liberal government gave th...

VICTORIA - A handful of Liberal MLAs have betrayed the public over the appointment of a new auditor general. The auditor general is one of s...

VICTORIA - It's no big thing that the government is going to have schools teach students about respect for gays and lesbians, says Attor...

VICTORIA - There’s no reason to set your hair on fire about the principles behind the drive to shift hundreds of thousands of surgeries to p...

VICTORIA  - After 14 years as Alberta premier, Ralph Klein still doesn’t have a clue about how equalization works. He's not alone. Despi...

VICTORIA - Everyone - even Solicitor General John Les - agrees the province should be regulating payday lenders to protect British Columbian...

VICTORIA - The Liberal government is putting politics and ideology ahead of saving lives when it comes to photo radar. The NDP raised the is...

VICTORIA - The first spin was that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives had won political victories around big issues in the last week. But ...

VICTORIA - The New Democrats took their best shot at digging into the softwood lumber agreement this week, pressing for an emergency debate ...

VICTORIA - Of course First Nations are going to stage blockades and occupations of disputed land. It's the only way they can get governm...

VICTORIA -  It's time to start thinking about a B.C. Liberal dynasty. The Mustel poll released this week confirms the success of the Cam...

VICTORIA - I probably wouldn’t even be writing about Olympic costs if the Liberals were serious about all their “most open and accountable” ...

VICTORIA - Gordon Campbell gave a great speech on the need to honour the Kelowna Accord. But it doesn't look much like anyone outside th...