Paying attention

No to appear smug, but when the government announced a few weeks ago that the Port Mann bridge cost had doubled to $3.3 billion and that tax...

Let us begin with four realities. It's bad to be a kid in the government's care - in foster care or group homes. No matter how well ...

The budget for child and family services is neffectively frozen in the budget, with token increases averaging less tahn 0ne-half per cent pe...

A video from Hansard of so-called debate in the legislature that is worth viewing. The dispute came as Kevn Krueger, always a loyal foot s...

One of the surreal moments in last week's budget lock-up came when Finance Minister Colin Hansen was asked about Olympic security costs....

I did not think the Liberals would stumble like this . The government has earned good marks for financial transparency and - except for the...

The client list of adviser Patrick Kinsella - former provincial Liberal election campign co-chair - is impressive. So was his dismissal of B...

The more time I spend with the government's numbers, the more improbable the budget looks. The plan - especially in years two and three ...

Attorney General Wally Oppal has a tougher time staying on message than most politicians. His candour, or lack of preparation can lead to bl...

I've been having second thoughts about the budget column. Mostly, I'm looking at ministry service plans and thinking that cuts will ...

We got a timid provincial budget Tuesday, when boldness would have been welcome. The good news, for most British Columbians, is that health ...

Interesting Times Colonist story on former solicitor general John Les and liquor agents - small-town stores that sell gin along with groce...

Bill Tieleman continues to serve the public well by following and reporting on the B.C. Rail corruption case's slow progress through the...

Ah, the legislature is a wondrous and often appalling place. MLAs have been back four days, in a special sitting to change the balanced law ...

It's a tradition that news media send reporters and camera operators out on the road with the leaders' buses during election campaig...

The province's capital hit the media big time on the weekend. A pro wrestler and pop culture figure named Chris Jericho got in a tussle ...

Eight months ago, the government said twinning the Port Mann bridge would cost about $1.6 billion, with not a penny from provincial taxpayer...

Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom wrote the Times Colonist to argue there is no boom in run-of-river power applications in the province. The le...

The plan for NATO troops to start attacking opium producers in Afghanistan seems a pointless step into a nasty mess. The theory that drug ...

Heave a sigh of relief that Gordon Campbell has decided deficits aren't the ultimate horror after all. Campbell has been an anti-deficit...