Paying attention

"A new study out of Simon Fraser University concludes that people who buy sex are no more prone to violence than anyone else. Fewer tha...

Until now, I've figured that once the Olympics started British Columbians would probably get caught up in the whole experience. All ...

The government's lame response to domestic violence this week offered two lessons. First, despite all the rhetoric about considering...

The great FSA test battle is on again as the B.C. Teachers' Federation continues its campaign to kill the school tests. That would b...

It isn't often that a landlord can quietly order up a 30 per cent rent increase for more than 2,000 people without anybody making a publ...

I might be overly sensitive, but while the $500,000 provincial contribution is useful, I'm not sure the Haitian earthquake is really a...

I doubt that growing old has ever been much fun.  But the latest report on seniors’ care in B.C. — and the government’s reaction to it — sh...

Stephen Harper has been widely thrashed for shutting down Parliament. Here's why you should be mad too. Prorogation, it's called...

I wrote recently about carbon credits from forests. I didn't mean to suggest it was a scam, just complex. In any case, this e-mail in re...

 Many of us are going to end up needing care. Sure, some people will be lucky and live long, independent lives before dropping dead qu...

Based on Solicitor General Kash Heed's response, don't expect any real action as a result of the inquest into a murder-suicide tha...

If you want to understand how tricky - and important - climate change agreements are, take a look at forests. At meetings like the Copenha...

It’s been 10 years since we welcomed a new millennium. I said goodbye to the 20 th century in a high school gym rented for a big party of e...

Ton Anh Nguyen is 56, sickly, poor, a drug user and a criminal. In 2007, undercover Vancouver police officers approached him and asked if he...

One of the good ways to judge politician-speak is to transpose the comments into real life. Last Friday, an inquest jury made 14 recommendat...

So is poor Ben Stewart being kept in the dark by others in government, or is he keeping the public in the dark. Stewart is the minister for ...

From Copenhagen to Haida Gwaii, climate change is in the news and bringing big economic shifts. The B.C. government has just signed "re...

It would be pretty easy to take over a mid-sized town in B.C. Not in an uprising. Just by writing cheques. Municipal election campaigns are,...

The new release from Housing Minister Rich Coleman was headlined "Innovative $32M affordable housing announced for Victoria." Inno...

Tom Flanagan, the Calgary professor who has been mentor and campaign manager to Stephen Harper, has just shed some light on why people don...