Opinion

School boards, even this early in the school year, are beginning to appraise their situation regarding June retirements of senior personnel.

Of course the New Democrats have been “dismissive” of Premier Christy Clark. Who wasn’t? Nearly everyone was dismissive during her two years as premier before the 2013 election.

Government MLAs don’t often make a practice of criticizing the government, but the youth mental-health issue in B.C. is so serious that reluctance seems to have gone by the wayside.

In Nova Scotia, a judge regretfully imposes a publication ban on the name of a dead teenager who was victimized by a peculiar kind of child pornography. All of Canada already knows her name and her face.

We need to encourage people to volunteer and remove perceptions of “fear” that drive people away from this behaviour. I remember years ago deciding I was going to pick up garbage along a street because nobody else was doing it. It appeared unloved.

Though a lot has happened in the last few weeks, I feel like I've been stuck on repeat. Obviously, this blog is dedicated to my health and fitness journey...

With the arrival of cold weather, it took just over a month for our household to burn through 1,332 kWh of electricity at B.C. Hydro’s Step 1 price of 7.52 cents a unit. We’re now into the Step 2 price of 11.27 cents. Two-step pricing is part of B.C.

On the eve of World AIDS Day, we mark 33 years the world has experienced HIV.

A Supreme Court of B.C. decision confirmed earlier this month that the air-traffic control tower at Victoria International Airport should be valued at $20. The property had been assessed at $1.43 million.

The Harper government has made no secret of its intention to tighten Canada’s fiscal belt over the past several years.