Paying attention

Unless things change significantly, the economic benefits of the Winter Games are looking pretty thin. Take jobs, one of the big selling poi...

It's understandable that the comptroller general's findings about overly rich executive and board pay and sloppy governance at B.C. ...

The University of Victoria has a superb communications department, consistently providing interesting and useful leads for journalists and g...

On one hand, MLA Pat Pimm's preference for getting rid of the Charter or Rights is alarming. It suggests that he's a lot more comfor...

The 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's end comes two years after my only visit to the former Soviet bloc. It's not Berlin that co...

It has taken a big bank to bring some focus to the talk about fighting climate change and Canada's role. And, on balance, the news is go...

UPDATE I wrote last week about Terry Bazzani , a man with no hands and other physical problems, who was caught on what he said was his first...

It doesn't matter what the intentions are. The Campbell government's actions are resulting in a shift to two-tier health care in B.C...

Can B.C. taxpayers really can afford $458 million for a fancy new roof on B.C. Place? Especially right now. The government has chopped fundi...

For those settling down for an evening of Monday Night Football, recommended half-time reading could be found here at the New Yorker . Alarm...

OK, this is about industrial property tax battles. But it's important. Depending on what happens, homeowners could face 70-per-cent prop...

Sean Holman offers an extraordinary police perspective on the government's lack of interest in dealing with the crimes associated with c...

Terry Bazzani could star in an ad campaign about the foolishness of mandatory minimum sentences. Bazzani has no hands and short arms. He has...

Good work in the Times Colonist today on the B.C. government's abysmal record in working to prevent problem gambling and help the inevi...

The Vancouver Island Health Authority's plan to deal with provincial underfunding is a destructive mishmash of measures that hurt patien...

I've just been helping mount some of the art for this event. It's quite powerful; you've got to see it. Art and Soul is part of ...

Things have been changing in B.C. since the election, for the worse. The cuts in services and community supports and the tax breaks for busi...

The Liberal government's gambling addiction is spinning out  of control. It's still expanding betting in the province, looking for ...

Andrew MacLeod has an important story over at thetyee.ca . The news hook is that the newly hired head of the B.C. Innovation Council, claime...

The news that Jessica McDonald is quitting the top management job in the B.C. government didn’t surprise most people, since they didn’t know...