Opinion

“There is a lot of rhetoric around aging and its impact on healthcare, but the doom and gloom prophesies of a healthcare system facing crisis due to an aging population may not necessarily be the case,” thinks Professor Holly Tuokko , the Director fo

Goalscorers just seem to find ways. Brandon Magee certainly has located his as the Victoria Royals' veteran collected his fifth goal in three games in Friday night’s 2-1 overtime win over the Seattle Thunderbirds.

I have been fishing around Vancouver Island for 40 years and run a freezer troller/prawner out of Cowichan Bay, fishing commercially for salmon, prawns and octopus. This coast is my home and my livelihood. Fishing has been the backbone of B.C.

On a recent visit to central and eastern Canada, I was reminded of how little governments can do for a local economy compared with private-sector investment.

Well, the inevitable has finally happened — automated checkout machines are now a thing at my favourite grocery store. I thought it would hold out longer than other grocery stores, but it’s not the case. Automated tellers certainly aren’t new.

The B.C. Ferries board grudgingly complied Wednesday with Transportation Minister Todd Stone’s directive on and phased out the high-rolling bonus plan for executives.

Can Canada really have a shipbuilding industry? With the Conservative government’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy a fact of life, that might seem a strange question, but ask it we must.

With the Winter Olympics set to begin in Russia in February, Victorians are gearing up for a unique opportunity to sport their nation’s colours.

Premier Christy Clark confirmed the obvious on Tuesday — her government is going to excuse the big increase in B.C.’s greenhouse-gas emissions if liquefied natural gas plans go ahead.

‘How would I like my child’s school to be? Just like it was when I went there myself.” The young mother had been invited to an interview as part of a rural district reorganization project on which I was consulting.