Paying attention

No matter how much Finance Minister Colin Hansen and Premier Gordon Campbell protest, few British Columbians will believe their claims the h...

Check the websites for the major media this afternoon - the Times Colonist, Sun, Province, Globe and Mail, CBC - and you'll find coverag...

The provincial auditor general and the government are in a tussle, again, over the way more than $440 million in annual subsidies to the oil...

Ernie Crey's sister was murdered after Robert Pickton should have been caught. He wants an independent inquiry. And he doesn't want ...

Alberta's oilsands - and its government - are about to become a big problem for B.C. Advocacy groups have targeted the energy megaprojec...

Good Times Colonist column here on the latest wrinkle in the Conservatives' "get tough on crime" plans. Running a bawdy house...

Bob Cooper is a retired Vancouver police officer who walked a beat, worked in the Asian organized crime section and the homicide squad. He i...

The Vancouver Police Department's internal review of the Robert Pickton investigation is grim reading. Deputy chief Doug LePard sets ou...

Jordan Bateman is a Langley Township councillor and active Liberal party member. (He's president of Rich Coleman's riding associatio...

The big business attempt to derail the anti-HST initiative was an amazing bungle. The six business associations made things worse for the Li...

The controversy over interim Chief Electoral Officer Craig James’s decision on the anti-HST initiative is another self-inflicted wound for t...

The controversy over interim Chief Electoral Officer Craig James’s decision on the anti-HST initiative is another self-inflicted wound for t...

Big business groups in B.C. are the NDP's best allies right now. Just when the Liberals thought the anti-HST anger might be fading, six ...

I can see why Mike Lee is unhappy. Back in 2007, the Vancouver Island man knew he had a gambling problem. He was losing too much money and c...

Maybe Stephen Harper, in his heart, has mixed feelings about being in power. Perhaps he fears it means he has sold out. That’s one explanati...

About six weeks ago, I wrote a column about a Representative for Children and Youth audit of a child support program. It found children wer...

It's time to rethink the idea that governments should automatically pick up the tab when politicians or managers get into legal disputes...

Sometimes you have to call people on the rubbish they speak. The B.C. Lottery Corp. scandal is one of those times. Start with Michael Graydo...

The Times Colonist has a good editorial on the wretched performance of B.C. Lotteries and the government this week.

The Canadian Forces Pacific base is in Esquimalt and the capital region. It owns about 41 square kilometres, worth some $3 billion. "Wh...