Opinion

Australia has three fully operational liquefied natural gas developments and seven more at various stages of development and is forecast to supplant Qatar as the world’s largest LNG exporter. The U.S.

The province’s official apology for the Chinese head tax is a symbolic gesture — today’s government trying to make amends for the sins of yesterday’s long-dead leaders.

When conflict-of-interest legislation is drafted to go out of its way to ensure that it won’t actually find any conflicts of interest, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if it rarely does. And that pretty well sums up the legislative reach of B.C.

A new restaurateur in Parksville is making waves by planning to abolish tipping in his restaurant.

On the B.C.

UPDATE NO. 2: Press Reader has restored services and the Times Colonist E-edition is working again. They have also updated the iPad app and that is working as well. The bad news is that it now looks nothing like the visual guide below.

Ever wonder how Canada’s net federal debt reached $671 billion by 2013? Or how net provincial debt among the provinces ended up at $509 billion that same year? Wonder no more.

During the commute to work, I noticed a young girl and her mother walking to school along Burnside Road.

Big changes are underway in British Columbia’s education system. The traditional emphasis on imparting specific knowledge and skills to students will soon take a back seat to helping students “learn how to learn.

The B.C. legislature will try to make amends today for the racist provincial policies and attitude that led to the Chinese head tax. I wonder what all the long-gone newspaper hacks — my professional ancestors — would make of the day’s events.