Editorials Archive

How can we forget the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December, in which innocent children were killed and terrible grief was inflicted on many families? It was one of those events that will haunt us for a long time, a

The next time you decide to save a few bucks on a purchase by buying online, take a moment to remember the people — perhaps your neighbours — who used to work at the Best Buy stores on the Island.

British Columbians are getting ready to celebrate their first Family Day statutory holiday on Monday, and even if they’re not sure why it’s here, few will turn up their noses at a day off.

There’s no doubt a new visitor centre for the Saanich Peninsula is in order.

The B.C. government has hit some bumps in the road as it endeavours to strengthen its drunk-driving laws. Those bumps need to be smoothed out, but no one should get the idea that lighter penalties are on the way for driving while impaired.

If there is one tax that British Columbians hate almost as much as the HST, it’s the property-transfer tax, which has entered its second quarter-century.

A new report on personal incomes upends almost everything we thought we knew about taxation, incomes and wealth. The report, by Statistics Canada, is a 30-year look-back on how well, or poorly, we all made out. Here are the findings.

The government and B.C. Hydro have to stop their bizarre dance about smart meters and tell British Columbians once and for all whether the program is mandatory.

The B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association is taking the provincial government to court over its election-advertising legislation. That shouldn’t be necessary — the legislation is flawed and should be fixed.

Back in the days after Alberta’s first oil boom went bust, the plaintive bumper stickers in Wildrose Country read: “Please, God, send another oil boom. This time, we promise not to piss it all away.