Opinion

Fixing the response to the pandemic

Wed Nov 18, 1:00 PM
Confidence in our ability to respond quickly to a global pandemic may be a little shaky these days.… more
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A death-grip on paramedic jobs

Mon Nov 23, 8:00 PM
VICTORIA – When former deputy finance minister Chris Trumpy was named last week to head an inquiry into the ugly mess of the paramedics’ strike, the union’s response was predictable. The inquiry’s a s… more

Remembering Canada’s war dead at Juno Beach

Wed Nov 18, 12:00 PM
Being at France’s Juno Beach on Remembrance Day 2009 was nothing like the Allied assault on Juno Beach of 1944.… more

Will garbage greet Olympic travellers?

Wed Nov 11, 9:00 AM
By now it is common knowledge that the Province of B.C. will be hosting a lot of tourists from around the world.… more

An old sailor goes to Afghanistan

Tue Nov 17, 8:00 AM
VICTORIA – Remembrance Day reveries about the sacrifice of our ancestors weren’t much on my family’s mind this year. My… more

The times they are a-changing

Wed Nov 11, 9:00 AM
The verdict is in: the House of Commons has voted to abolish the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry!… more

One remembered, so many to honour

Wed Nov 11, 9:00 AM
It was a war my country was not even involved in but somehow its impact was profound.… more

An Olympic-sized insult

Wed Nov 04, 2:00 PM
It’s becoming a familiar, if not increasingly troubling refrain. More government funding is cut.… more

Sockeye go on the witness stand

Tue Nov 10, 7:00 AM
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to have a judicial inquiry into the sockeye salmon crisis has the po… more

Err on the side of caution

Wed Oct 28, 5:00 PM
As we join the largest immunization project in the nation’s history this week, there are still people who wonder what al… more
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