Opinion

You’d think twice about visiting Matamoros, Mexico.

Premier Christy Clark is a supremely confident and ebullient promoter of the liquefied natural gas opportunity in B.C. So it’s hard to picture her paying a lot of attention to the Canada West Foundation when it comes to that topic.

Federal budget cuts closed the Saanich Observatory to the public last summer; public effort can ensure it is reopened. There may be no better place in Canada to look at the stars than right here in Saanich.

[UPDATED 11:50 a.m. Oct 29, 2013 to include Ken Kramer] Premier Christy Clark's announcement that former MLA Ben Stewart will be B.C.

Larry Licht’s recently published sentiments on invasive American bullfrogs in local habitats aren’t based on research. Bullfrogs are definitely a problem here.

This Mike Duffy affair is being blown all out of proportion as, some might be tempted to observe, the senator himself appears to have been. The snow is yet to fly in Ottawa, yet he looms over Parliament Hill like Michelin Man, twisting in the wind.

Some Greater Victoria school trustees are having second thoughts about approving a nature-kindergarten program for two James Bay schools, especially after the teachers’ association sent a letter to the school board expressing concerns about the propo

Years ago, when commiserating about my squeamishness over slugs, Nature Boy speculated that these terrestrial mollusks might yet surprise us.

Watching the New Democratic Party’s pre-leadership fight recalls those nature documentaries about how prides of lions sort themselves out.

Janet loves the orcas. At least that’s what Enbridge would have had us believe in its now-aborted Northern Gateway ads that featured the company’s vice-president Janet Holder touting how safe oil tankers are for B.C.’s killer whales.