Paying attention

We've crossed the divide, more than halfway to the next provincial election on May 12, 2009. It doesn't seem that long since the las...

Until last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has talked as if a Conservative government would automatically extend the military mission in...

The no-fly list should mark a turning point, the time when Canadians push back at increasingly intrusive - and dubious - security measures. ...

Investors get nervous when a company director becomes so concerned about its direction that he resigns. Directors are usually onside, or th...

Give Stephen Harper credit for promising a long overdue plan to fix the way the federal government deals with native land claim issues. This...

Well, you brought it all on yourself. People hate to hear that, especially because it's so often true. It certainly is for Premier Gordo...

So how do you feel, as a British Columbian, knowing that your government thinks it costs too much to ensure children who have been sexually ...

So what are the Crown prosecutors and RCMP hiding in the legislature raid case? That’s the big question that emerged this week from the corr...

Everything about the B.C. Lotteries scandal is just so sleazy. It's not just the incompetence and the false assurances. No one is taking...

So is the Fraser Health Authority really the only one in the province without the money to provide proper care? Or are the problems in the o...

It's appalling to hear some of the nonsense being talked about the Fraser Institute's recent report on elementary schools across the...

The legislative committee on salmon farming was supposed to set out a direction for the controversial industry. But after almost 18 months o...

There's something terrible about the Liberals' move to hand every MLA a windfall the size of a lottery jackpot. The compensation bil...

It's time for an alarming update on two issues that pose big potential problems for the Liberals, the MLAs' pay raise and the Basi-V...

The government's hypocrisy on gambling is showing again. It's obvious that the Liberals have smashed their 2001 campaign promise to ...

We're not great in the media at reporting on health and science issues, with, as always, a few exceptions like The Globe and Mail's ...

Premier Gordon Campbell is likely waiting to see what you think about political "dirty tricks." I'm curious too. The trial of ...

The MLA pay issue is a reminder that we still have a class system in British Columbia. Not like England, or course, where your accent and sc...

Ken Dobell came to Victoria this week in a bid to end questions about possible real or perceived conflicts of interest in his two roles - as...

The corruption trial of ministerial aides Dave Basi and Bobby Virk is only days old, and the bombshells are already shaking B.C. politics. B...