3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (348+ words) Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in the province. The group called…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (558+ words) The decision to build four major B.C. Ferries vessels in China was a failure of planning and a “blatant contradiction” of the province’s call to buy Canadian amid recent trade tensions, says the lead author of a new report on the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (510+ words) EDMONTON — Canada's Army formally made one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades Thursday by shifting from divisions based on geography to ones built around specific purposes. CFB Edmonton held a signing ceremony and parade to stand up…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (613+ words) The Conservative Party of B.C. may have lost nine legislators since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader, but some of her supporters are applauding the defections they say will help discipline the party and sharpen differences with the governing NDP. Former B.C. Conservative candidate…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (455+ words) A city in Manitoba is hoping to snag a few bits off a decommissioned navy ship currently being stripped at Victoria’s Point Hope Maritime shipyard. Jeff Fawcett, mayor of Brandon, Man., says he’s in talks with the Royal Canadian Navy…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1186+ words) The many nasty letters about not being friends with the U.S. are totally inappropriate. The Peace Arch says “Brethren dwelling together in Unity” and “Children of a common mother.” Trade deals and commerce in general can be nasty and tough. Just…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (585+ words) Dr. Trevor Hancock is a retired professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Health and Social Policy Last week, I discussed the wicked problems of the ­polycrisis and the need to work together to find…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (680+ words) A new emergency shelter opened Friday for politically homeless former Conservative MLAs, and the doors are open to any others planning to join the stampede away from Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership. The first two MLAs in the exodus — Peter Milobar of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (994+ words) It's been a busy three weeks for Peter Milobar. Since announcing he was leaving the British Columbia Conservative caucus on Aug. 14, setting off an exodus from the party, Milobar has gathered with fellow defectors into what is being billed as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (678+ words) Energy and Climate Change Minister Adrian Dix’s explanation for a significant mistake that weakens the already shaky provincial budget hearkens back to the fabled Gimli Glider caper in the 1980s. Metric-Imperial and weight-volume conversion errors, along with a cascading series of…...