Opinion

Here’s good news for those of us trying to pick up new skills and information. Experts on how learning happens within the human brain have identified the two most reliable methods for transferring new information into our little grey cells.

Everybody is familiar with the image of the cackling, snaggle-toothed hag on her broomstick. The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. The nasty woman with the candy cottage in Hansel and Gretel.

In Mao’s China, art was an incredibly powerful tool in an immense propaganda machine. It was not only powerful, but essential to the success of the regime through its ability to inspire an almost religious fervor and create figures larger than life.

Imagine if governments engaged in a massive spending binge over the past decade, with the benefits falling to just a small part of the population — and then hiked taxes four times to pay for it.

Idle No More is gearing up for an international day of action on Monday.

Canadians in every region of our country have incredible economic opportunities just around the corner.

Oh, Canada, here we go again. The movement to change the supposedly sexist lyrics of O Canada is back.

Any number of people are lobbying the provincial government’s liquor policy review with ideas to liberalize B.C.’s liquor laws.

We are finally testing our Android app for the Times Colonist. I can't say exactly when it will be available, but this is a step in the right direction. If you are an iPhone or iPad user, you can already download our app.

After months of enduring relentless attacks from critics, British Columbia’s dairy, poultry and egg farmers received a massive boost from a new report that shows these sectors are the engines of growth powering the province’s agriculture sector. B.C.