Paying attention

You expect a bit of spin in government news releases , but the one on the latest employment numbers left me dizzy. It read more like party a...

Former Liberal cabinet minister Bill Bennett has some interesting ideas about politics in B.C. that could bring some very large changes. You...

The Hughes report recommended - and the resulting legislation requires - the Ministry of Children and Family Development to report incidents...

The New Democrats are going to pay a big price for the messy coup that saw a minority of MLAs force Carole James out as leader. There is lo...

From an editorial in Tuesday's Times Colonist on Carole James and the NDP: "More critically, perhaps, the affair raises the possibi...

The New Democrats should all be ashamed of themselves. The NDP is waging a stupid, incompetent internal war that demonstrates the party is u...

The release of thousands of secret documents that reveal what governments are really saying about each other undoubtedly poses risks. But if...

This is troubling. Elections BC refused to approve the recall petition in Ida Chong's riding based on rules it created after the petitio...

First the solicitor general, in charge of road safety, tries to convince the public that a little drinking and driving isn't so bad. The...

Today's Times Colonist editorial: "The last act in a nasty vendetta has finally played out. Premier Gordon Campbell's governmen...

Useful editorial from the Times Colonist: "The news that poorly calibrated breathalyzer devices could have resulted in licence suspensi...

The government's pandering to Big Pharma by killing a world-acclaimed initiative that ensured only effective drugs were covered by Pharm...

I should be writing about the faulty breathalyzers that have been used to impose penalties on hundreds of thousands of British Columbians. O...

Two pieces worth your attention. Ian Reid writes thoughtfully on the NDP's prospects in the aftermath of the odd weekend party meeting t...

From today's Times Colonist: "She was 15, with severe developmental disabilities due to Down syndrome. Her mother, with her own iss...

Cut Bill Bennett’s claims about life inside the Liberal government in half and it’s still ugly. Reject them entirely and you still face the ...

I have always had time for Bill Bennett. When he made it back into cabinet in a 2008 shuffle, I had this prescient comment: "Back to go...

Things are turning into a mess in B.C. Recall, leadership squabbling, a lame duck premier who won’t go away, a referendum that might axe the...

I almost choked on my coffee when I read that Dale Lovick was calling for Carole James to be dumped as NDP leader. What is wrong with this ...

The weirdness of things in this province continue to amaze. Solicitor General Rich Coleman — in charge of public safety and increasing alcoh...