Opinion

It was when Transportation Minister Todd Stone started touting the new amenities in store for the MV Nimpkish that the audacity of the scheme he’s trying to float started to sink in.

Not so long ago, the Occupational Health and Safety people performed their annual inspection of the safety imperfections of my workspace.

Two weeks ago, a friend and I had our plans for a New York weekend thwarted by that giant storm that hit the East Coast.

Change in public education is always fettered by two opposing forces — one from outside the system that worries that kids are not learning the stuff we all learned as kids, and a second from inside the system that grasps the general outline of the ch

Justin Trudeau was playing to the base in his keynote address at the Liberal convention — the Progressive Conservative base, those Red Tory voters who might consider becoming Blue Grits.

As chair of Canadian Blood Services’ board of directors, I join the Times Colonist in congratulating the provincial Ministry of Health, the B.C. organ donation and transplantation community and the many B.C.

If the government can get a stay, then I want one, too. I’d like to apply for a stay on media coverage of all the self-serving, misleading spin the government and the teachers are throwing up.

Back in late 2011 after the Occupy Wall Street protests, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne gave a speech in Toronto to decry what he called “the most inane displays of greed.

The province recently announced that it is selling former Provincial Capital Commission land along the Trans-Canada Highway in Langford as part of its strategy to balance the budget.

There was some gnashing of teeth when the cold-hearted B.C. Liberals axed the Provincial Capital Commission last November. It showed disdain for the capital. It illustrated the Liberals’ lack of interest in Victoria.