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Don't follow Obama's lead

Nov 20, 2015 / 3:02 pm

By Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis Canadians should hope the clear parallels between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau don't...

The bullies at City Hall

Nov 18, 2015 / 1:55 pm

By Dermod Travis There's something about local government that brings out the worst in some people. Staff get spat on. Mayors and councillors are often the...

7 stages of damage control

Nov 10, 2015 / 12:18 pm

By Dermod Travis If grief has five stages, the B.C. government seems to have seven-stages in its damage control manual for handling everything from cringeworthy...

Portfolio name game

Nov 4, 2015 / 3:59 pm

By Jim Bronskill What's in a name? Apparently quite a bit when it comes to the new Liberal cabinet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent messages Wednesday...

Reckless rush on Port Mann

Oct 28, 2015 / 3:58 pm

By Dermod Travis You would almost think Ben Franklin was working in public procurement when he coined the phrase “take time for all things: great haste...

5 reasons to thank Harper

Oct 28, 2015 / 1:55 pm

By Doreen Barrie The predictable post-election criticism of Stephen Harper - even from within his Conservative caucus - fails to acknowledge that we have much...

A better deal ahead?

Oct 22, 2015 / 1:46 pm

By Paul Kershaw Aged 43 and a father of young children, prime minister designate Justin Trudeau represents a new generation of Canadian leaders – he is a...

Democracy about us all

Oct 22, 2015 / 1:12 pm

By David Suzuki I’ve lived through many elections, but I don’t recall many in which emotions ran so high. In the heat of such a campaign, things get...

Independent schools soar

Oct 21, 2015 / 10:25 am

By Deani Van Pelt and Ben Eisen All across Canada, more and more parents are choosing to enrol their children in independent schools. This trend is particularly...

Thanks for everything, Ron

Oct 20, 2015 / 2:58 pm

The residents of Kelowna-Lake Country rode the wave of Trudeaumania II Monday night. We congratulate Liberal Stephen Fuhr on his victory, and were as surprised...

Do we pay too much tax?

Oct 19, 2015 / 1:02 pm

By Michael C. Wolfson A recent Fraser Institute report and commentarystated that taxes are the single largest budget item of Canadian households. "Your...

Uncertainty on rights

Oct 19, 2015 / 12:54 pm

By Malcolm Lavoie and Dwight Newman The past year has seen a lot of Canadians paying attention to aboriginal land rights. From opposition by aboriginal groups...

Why TPP matters to BC

Oct 8, 2015 / 9:00 am

By Teresa Wat The importance of signing on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement cannot be overstated for its potential impact on our provincial economy...

Patronage heaven

Oct 7, 2015 / 9:00 am

By Dermod Travis New York Senator William L. Marcy could have just as easily been referring to B.C. in 2015 – and not the 1828 victory of the Jackson...

Why Alaska doesn't trust BC

Oct 6, 2015 / 8:18 pm

By Judith Lavoie Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett visited southeast Alaska this summer, trying to calm critics of the province's aggressive push to...

Who's ashamed of GMOs?

Oct 4, 2015 / 9:00 am

By Mischa Popoff The front-line troops who run Monsanto’s public-relations machine don’t even know who their allies were in the 1990s when...

Oughtta be an election issue

Oct 3, 2015 / 9:00 am

By Art Eggleton It's time to make affordable housing an issue in the federal election campaign. Four million people are struggling to find affordable...

Sorry sign of the times

Sep 30, 2015 / 10:00 am

By David Suzuki Volkswagen was caught cheating on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests by installing “defeat devices,” which allowed...

Balanced budget best

Sep 25, 2015 / 9:00 am

By Caroline Grover Never in Canadian history has the issue of public finance so dominated the election campaign. Even before the government announced a...

Severance where money is

Sep 24, 2015 / 4:58 pm

By Dermod Travis Neil Sedaka is right – breaking up is hard to do. It's also expensive. On Sept. 15, residents of Vancouver learned that former chief...