Opinion

If there were a catastrophic earthquake this week, is B.C. prepared for it? The question was put point-blank to the director of Emergency Management B.C. on Wednesday during a committee meeting, and the answer was: “No, we are not.

One of the thorniest issues raised in the joint review panel’s report on B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam proposal is that of the B.C. government’s hypocritical policy on the burning of natural gas for electricity.

If you want to know what the love and support for children with cancer in Victoria looks like, take a look at the people set to line the Pat Bay highway Friday afternoon.

This is the time of year when students graduate, families celebrate and schools breathe a sigh of relief that they have successfully supported hundreds — even thousands — of people navigating the challenges of post-secondary education.

People who are familiar with the sex industry in Canada are profoundly disappointed in the introduction of Bill C-36 this month.

Every year, about 1,000 local politicians gather at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention and pass dozens of resolutions demanding or urging that the provincial government do something about something. Flood management. Derelict vessels.

‘Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.” It’s a line from Act 2 Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and King Duncan has just been found murdered. The speaker, an outraged MacDuff, cries that the murderer has “stolen thence the life of the building.

This weekend take some time to be transported to colorful and vibrant India, right here in Victoria. Come and experience India's classical, folk and Bollywood dancing and music, henna painting and wonderful food.

It was called a “balanced package of reforms,” but it looks a lot more like a strict crackdown on the temporary foreign workers program.

Why is everyone so mad at Justice Minister Peter MacKay? Look closely at the comment he made to the Ontario Bar Association. It makes no sense at all.