Opinion

Since 2006, British Columbia has spent more than a billion dollars to improve primary health care. Have B.C. patients benefited from such a massive investment? Sadly, no.

Last year, 12,281 registered lobbyists roamed the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., a city that sees itself as the most powerful in the world. Comparatively, one would imagine that British Columbia might have a few hundred or so at most.

You’d never know it from the government’s near-total silence on the matter, but this week, Canada has a chance to shape the world order of the 21st century.

If B.C. decided to proceed with the construction of the hydro-electric generation dam at Site C, the lasting legacy would be one of wealth destruction. The huge cost of $7.

Inspired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a broad alliance of faith communities took to Victoria’s streets last Saturday to lift up the healing of the tar-sands through ritual, prayer and reflection.

It was hot, it was sunny, and it was Canada’s birthday, the day people flock to the legislature in their red and white to show their national pride.

Selections from two First Nations land title narratives: Narrative 1: In 1862, the Daily British Colonist wrote that to assert an Indian right to land on Vancouver Island was as absurd as to “prate of the natural right of a he-panther or a she-bear t

The day after Michael Ignatieff lost his seat in the federal election in 2011, two friends made a bet. One said that Ignatieff would return to Harvard within six months; the other said he would wait three or four years.

When I was in elementary school, come September teachers often asked students to write an essay describing their summer vacations.

Under recycling regulations that came into effect on May 19 for Greater Victoria, we’re supposed to sort our glass into a separate container. That’s glass bottles and jars that don’t carry a deposit.