Opinion

The social engineers just never stop — even when the facts, common sense and past practice all align against their ideas.

Two weeks ago, a Toronto-based maternity photographer named Heather Bays had her Instagram account shut down after she received negative comment on a photo of herself breastfeeding her 20-month-old daughter.

Alan Cassels, a pharmaceutical policy researcher, has weighed in on screening mammography (“Too many misled on breast-cancer screening,” May 21). He does women a disservice.

Remember how we in the West were outraged and then laughed at Toronto when they called in the army to shovel snow? That’s how we look to the rest of the province with our bleating over the closure of the youth jail.

By now, anyone with even a remote interest in the future of the Victoria Youth Custody Services Centre has weighed in on the dismaying decision to shut it down.

Have you taken a walk in a forest recently? If you have, you’ll know how fortunate we British Columbians are to have access to these amazing ecosystems that protect our soil, clean our water and our air, and provide habitats for an incredible array o

When the B.C. government went looking for input about increasing accessibility for disabled people, it heard plenty about making its own systems easier for clients to navigate.

I was about to call it a day when an email arrived with the following in the subject line: “The Best Health Advice You’ll Get Today.” That caught my attention. I was curious. And I’m a sucker for free health advice.

No one likes paying taxes, but most of us understand that taxes are necessary to fund the government programs that we value, such as social services, education and health care.

It’s like I was waiting my whole life for this match-up: Me versus Jack Knox. My slick new Domane road bike versus the Times Colonist’s mighty, er, Yaris.