Opinion

Vancouver Island NDP MLAs say leader Adrian Dix's resignation was the right decision for the party. Here's what several told the Times Colonist after Dix's announcement he would resign but remain as interim leader until a leadership vote next year.

Remember former education minister Don McRae’s advice last year to school districts? He said they should save up some money so they could afford to give pay raises to staff. Such a quaint notion.

Is Canada creating a new political realignment, which looks an awful lot like the old one? Is it returning to a three-party system in which the Conservatives and the Liberals hold power, alternating with each other, while the New Democrats languish o

The Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign supports African grandmothers to identify what they need to care for and nurture their grandchildren and other vulnerable children in their care.

Margarethe von Trotta’s new film “Hannah Arendt” has reignited an emotionally charged and important debate that has raged since cultures been aware of the violence that characterizes so much of human behaviour.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the virtually unprecedented step of directly addressing the U.S. public — and much of the world — by writing an op-ed piece in the New York Times.

There’s more to New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix’s career call — expected this week — than “stay or go.

Those of us who enjoy occasional vacations on the beaches of Mexico watched the education news from Mexico City last week in awe.

Kensington Palace announced last week that Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is leaving the military to focus on his royal duties and charity work.

The fact that students celebrating Frosh Week participated in similar rape chants at universities on both coasts suggests the phenomenon is not uncommon.