Paying attention

Maybe it's age, but I'm thinking a lot more about happiness. There are all sorts of things that drive us - providing a good life for...

It's been one of the great frauds in B.C. Governments have proclaimed the importance of equal access to health care, while ignoring the ...

Frank Paul's death almost 10 years ago has raised harsh questions about racism in B.C. Police, the justice system, the provincial govern...

I can't imagine anything more challenging than being the parent of a disabled child. It's not just the effort, the commitment that g...

The Liberals' biggest problem in the Ken Dobell scandal isn't the long-time Campbell advisor's illegal activity. The most troubl...

Stockwell Day's reaction to the news that a mom will raise her baby inside a B.C. penitentiary shows why the Conservatives still make pe...

The Liberals' carbon tax took quick fire from a lot of different directions. Within a few hours of the announcement, the Canadian Taxpay...

OK, here's the five things you need to know about the budget in about 700 words. First, you're going to get a cheque in June for $10...

Maybe I've been doing this stuff for too long, but that seemed an interesting throne speech from the Campbell government. It's fooli...

Things are badly out of control on Victoria’s downtown streets, and in communities across the province. More and more addicted and mentally ...

The MLAs will be back here this week, for the Throne Speech, the budget and all the rest of the spring sitting. Of course, you might never ...

I just glanced at the government press release last month announcing $1 million in funding for 66 selected school playground projects across...

These are tough days for the forest industry. The future doesn't appear much better. And the government looks like it has pretty much ru...

I just glanced at the government press release last month announcing funding for 66 school playground projects across the province. It seeme...

Michaëlle Jean's visit to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside should be a wake-up call. The Governor General toured the tormented streets ...

Judith Maxwell says real progress on poverty is being made by communities and businesses, not government, and looks at some of the governmen...

The question of continuing the war in Afghanistan largely comes down to how much Canadians trust Stephen Harper. The Manley panel report on ...

Gary Lunn is taking quite a hammering these days. The natural resources minister and Victoria area MP has got seriously on the wrong side of...

This whole climate-change issue will be tricky for the Liberals, practically and politically. The controversy about a new carbon tax on gaso...

Let's get on with the inquiry into those fat envelopes of $1,000 bills Brian Mulroney took from shady German businessman and fixer Karlh...