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Michael Graydon has resigned as CEO of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Lottery Corp. to immediately become head of a private gaming company. That’s not against the law, but it should be. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

In 2010, citing a handful of complaints about invasion of privacy, the Harper government decided to replace the mandatory long-form census with a voluntary National Household Survey for the 2011 census.

If the proposal is to make smoking a crime, then make it so. Until then, we should stop treating smokers as if they were criminals. Smoking is an odious habit, and the whole world would be better off if no one smoked.

Bloggers and others exercising their freedom of expression should not forget that freedom involves responsibilities, and that the wide-open reaches of the Internet are not beyond the reach of the law.

While it’s gratifying that three young men have been convicted of beating a Good Samaritan during Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riot in 2011, it’s dismaying that it took nearly three years.

For a child whose mother is working, child-support payments can make a lot of difference — perhaps music lessons, new clothes, school trips or sports equipment — but to the child whose mother is on provincial social assistance or disability assistanc

When British Columbians are asked to rate our province’s education system, a significant gulf separates us from other Canadians. Basically, we aren’t at all satisfied with our schools; the rest of the country is.

The new emergency command vehicle recently acquired by the District of Saanich is loaded with cool: shiny exterior, flashing lights and an array of electronics that puts the starship Enterprise to shame.

The union representing Greater Victoria transit drivers is right to protest a new rule that drivers announce each stop with a hand-held microphone. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Perfection is elusive, likely impossible, in the sea of compromise and accommodation that is politics, but level-headed Jim Flaherty sailed admirably through that sea.