Opinion

Faced with paying $230 instead of $720 for the same smartphone, or $0 instead of $450, there’s a natural inclination to pick the lower price.

A 70 per cent increase in apprenticeships in the next three years. More youth programs in high schools to draw people into trades. A whole new approach driven by industry needs.

“Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf,” said the American humourist Will Rogers. Indeed, but let’s not stop there.

The Trinity Western University law school debate has proven divisive, as Shannon Corregan’s May 2 column illustrates. People on both sides of the issue believe strongly in their views. There is a good reason for that.

My name is Suzie Spitfyre and...after all this time (68 weigh-ins!)...I am still a food addict. Starting weight - January 16th, 2013 - 294lbs 53rd weigh-in - January 22th, 2014 - 151.8lbs 54th weigh-in - January 29th, 2014 - 144.

So, school district budget time. Again. Actually, that’s misleading, because school district budgets are not budget events at all; they are a 12-month process that begins now and continues past January of the next calendar year.

The representative for children and youth and the provincial health officer are deeply concerned about the B.C. government’s recent decision to close the Victoria Youth Custody Centre.

The recent survey commissioned by the Sewage Treatment Action Group has been greatly misrepresented in recent media coverage and outrageously by the Capital Regional District with its premature attempts to discredit it before any results had been pub

With a nudge from the Emergency Preparedness Week campaign, I am slowly tackling the things that should be done to prepare for a major earthquake.

Recently my partner vacuumed the inside of my computer and broke it.