Opinion

Here we are – warts and all

Tue Feb 09, 3:00 PM
Seven years have passed since the day the world learned that Vancouver would host the 2010 Winter Olympics. Finally, we are on the eve of the opening ceremonies.… more

And the award goes to …

Thu Feb 04, 6:00 PM
Most people who win awards don’t do so because they set out to win them. They just do commendable things because they feel they should.… more
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B.C. VIEWS: Lessons of the Peace valley flood

Tue Feb 09, 7:00 AM
WILLISTON LAKE – Standing at the snow-covered north end of the ninth-largest artificial lake in the world, a couple of ironies soon become apparent. The low, growling noise in the background is the so… more

Hang up the phone

Tue Feb 02, 3:00 PM
Change is hard even when it’s the right thing to do.… more

Gas project cleared legally

Thu Jan 28, 6:00 PM
In sporting terms, the result on Justice B.D. MacKenzie’s scorecard was a 7-0 rout for the Comox Valley Regional Distric… more

B.C. VIEWS: The Wally Buono school of medicine

Tue Feb 02, 7:00 AM
VICTORIA – The afternoon public health clinic was already doing a steady business when I arrived on a recent weekday aro… more

Flying the friendly skies?

Tue Jan 26, 3:00 PM
It’s a measure of the recessionary times we’re in that a drop in customer volume of 4.6 per cent is cause for relief.… more

B.C. VIEWS: Ottawa make-work costs real jobs

Tue Jan 26, 7:00 AM
VICTORIA – The Prosperity copper-gold mine project near Williams Lake is the latest of a series of major industrial proj… more

B.C. VIEWS: A fairy tale of school neglect

Tue Jan 19, 7:00 AM
VICTORIA – Reports of peace breaking out in the B.C. public school system have been greatly exaggerated. After signing t… more

B.C. forest industry bets on China

Tue Jan 12, 8:00 AM
VICTORIA – Just as the city media report only the deaths in Afghanistan, they report only the mill closings in the fores… more
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