Opinion

Les Leyne: Bail data aimed at federal government

Provincial authorities appear keen to pin as much blame as possible on the federal government for the increased sense of danger on city streets stemming from violent offenders shuttling through the justice system while remaining out on bail.

Apr 25, 2023 4:40 AM Read more >

Undercurrent Mailbox: April 13 Edition

Our mid-month mailbox once again had a singular focus

Apr 24, 2023 12:31 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C. awaits Ottawa's move to keep violent offenders in jail instead of on bail

Provinces pleading with the federal government to keep potentially violent offenders off the streets as they face trials

Apr 24, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Comment: It's time to get serious about the opioid epidemic

Mother of a 16-year-old who died of a toxic mix of lethal drugs deplores lack of B.C. government action on recommendations from inquest into her son’s death.

Apr 22, 2023 6:55 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: The travails of 'John from Langford'

John Horgan’s private career still public, caught in political and environmental crossfire

Apr 22, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Dix takes steps to stop flow of diabetes drug to U.S.

Three weeks after blowing the whistle on the scheme, Health Minister Adrian Dix signed a ministerial order that curbs the online sale of Ozempic to non-Canadians.

Apr 20, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

James Steidle: Current B.C. reforestation is ‘19th century quack medicine’

Replanting pine monocrops and spraying and brushing the fire-resistant deciduous is the equivalent of draining a patient of blood to cure an infection.

Apr 19, 2023 3:28 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: A tale of two MLAs, one BC United and one NDP, and how the province plays favourites

The money was requested by rival MLAs working together, but it flowed only to the NDP riding

Apr 19, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: NIMBY override is part of province's housing plan

The “not in my backyard” objections to new housing in the NDP government’s latest push won’t carry nearly the weight they once did

Apr 19, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

Comment: Tokitae is not Keiko — so bring her home now

The plan for Toki isn’t to drop her in the Salish Sea and hope for the best.

Apr 18, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >