Opinion

Today is World Toilet Day, marked globally to draw attention to the one-third of humanity whose lack of basic toilet and sanitation facilities puts millions of lives at risk every year.

The opportunity for renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty in 2024 — one of the largest international trans-boundary water treaties in the world — coupled with the prospect of a changing climate, requires Canada to consider the costs and benefits

On Friday November 21, at 7.

On Saturday, voters across the province headed to the polls to cast their ballots in local government elections. Candidates in B.C.

Saturday was a good day for local democracy in B.C. As one person noted online: “First time in my life I’ve had to wait to vote in a local election.

The minister responsible for bringing order to the chaos wrought by the amalgamation question on Saturday’s ballot stressed Monday how much work lies ahead. She can’t begin to imagine.

Nothing happens in slow-motion anymore. If enough people think it's significant, you can watch anything develop in social media.

If a person can’t find happiness as a newly elected school trustee, what hope is there for the rest of us? You’ve made it through the interminable all-candidates meetings and the rest of the election marathon, and now you’ve won a seat on your local

Richard Mackenzie On Nov. 6, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq unveiled the ship’s bell from the recently discovered wreck of Sir John Franklin’s HMS Erebus.

Back when I was young and fresh-faced, a University of Victoria researcher published a paper that shifted the ground under my idealistic, environmentally conscious, fair-trade sock-clad feet. The year was 1994.