3+ day, 15+ 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, 17+ 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…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (582+ words) Premier David Eby made it as much fun as possible, but his remarks on Day One of Canada’s countermeasures against the U.S. tariff assault were sobering. The new border signs ­warning that we “will never be the 51st state. Sorry!” were…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1127+ words) Re: “Saanich taxes employers out. Then it asks how we’re doing,” ­commentary, Sept. 6. Industrial Plastics and Paints, a 75-year-old local employer, reports the assessed land value for their site as rising from $3.9 million in 2021 to $7 million in 2025, almost an 80 per…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (839+ words) A commentary by Trevor Moat, a resident of Victoria with a background in engineering and project management. Victoria city council has decided to solve the world’s problems again, instead of paying due attention to what is (and mostly isn’t) working…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (689+ words) Where: The Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., Victoria When: Now through Oct. 4. Tickets: Pay what you want, 250-385-6815 or online at tix.belfry.bc.ca If audiences at the Belfry’s season-opener are unsure about exactly where and when the show is set,…...

4+ day, 15+ 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, 5+ hour ago   (1731+ words) Game on. Labour Day is the kickoff for municipal elections in Victoria and taxpayers should brace themselves for a month of platitudes on motherhood and apple pie. Yeah, elections aren’t really the place to deal with reality. That’s why Victoria…...

5+ day, 6+ 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, 5+ hour ago   (714+ words) A commentary. Litman is the executive director of the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute. Bernhardt chairs the advocacy committee of Capital Bike. Are you frustrated with traffic? Travel within our region is often slow, inconvenient, expensive and dangerous, but there is…...