Posts Tagged ‘B.C.’

Appeal Court upholds exemption from doctor-assisted suicide ban

Gloria Taylor’s right to avoid a “frightening and repugnant” death in the clutches of Lou Gehrig’s disease shouldn’t be sacrificed because the courts have yet to decide the fate of Canada’s doctor-assisted suicide ban, a judge ruled Friday.

by The Canadian Press - Friday, August 10, 2012
Can mass HIV testing really end AIDS?

Science-ish examine’s B.C.’s proposal

by Julia Belluz - Thursday, August 2, 2012
B.C. residents recall being in the path of the deluge

The harrowing tale of deadly mudslides that swept away homes and lives—and of those who barely survived

by Ken MacQueen - Friday, July 20, 2012
At last, Victoria gets the raw treatment…

… a secondary sewage treatment facility, that is

by Ken MacQueen - Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Communities across Canada vie for WestJet regional service

The carrier is adding more planes, and regional routes, to its successful schedule

by Aaron Hutchins - Monday, July 16, 2012
Harper’s plugged pipeline policy

Time to change the agenda–again?

by Paul Wells - Friday, July 13, 2012
Tsunami debris hits the shores of B.C.

Some scoffed when Tofino’s mayor first warned of the approaching barrage of Japanese washed-up objects. Not now.

by Ken MacQueen - Friday, May 11, 2012
Captain Cook’s club, a gift of the Nuu-chah-nulth, comes closer to home

The wooden club was given to Captain James Cook by the chief of a Nuu-chah-nulth village in 1778

by Alex Ballingall - Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Moira Stilwell’s motherhood issue

The B.C. MLA wants to make life easier for international medical graduates–like her son

by Alex Ballingall - Thursday, April 26, 2012
New sanctions threatens the future of longboarding in B.C.

The sport doesn’t sit well with everyone who lives in Vancouver’s North Shore

by Richard Warnica - Thursday, March 29, 2012
The “North Vancouver Tree Massacre”

Anyone who cuts down trees faces public humiliation

by Jason Kirby - Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Housing bubble: listening for the pop

The fact is, no one is really sure what to make of the many natural laws of housing prices

by Colby Cosh - Friday, March 2, 2012
Jim Pattison, the Warren Buffett of B.C.

The octogenarian billionaire is still growing his Vancouver-based empire. His latest move takes him back to the business that started it all: selling cars.

by Tamsin McMahon - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Where’s the sizzle in Canada’s non-fiction?

The Charles Taylor Prize always brings out many very good writers. It rarely takes my breath away.

by Richard Warnica - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Minister overboard

Keeping meddling politicians out of the shipbuilding contract decision worked. Is there a lesson here?

by Andrew Coyne - Friday, October 28, 2011
How was Ottawa to choose who would build its ships?

Two contracts. Three provinces—each with a history of feeling slighted by the feds.

by John Geddes - Friday, October 28, 2011
A state of perfect disharmony

COYNE: You’d think provinces would not have to be bribed to act in their own interest

by Andrew Coyne - Thursday, September 29, 2011
Cashing in on foreign students

Public schools that recruit high-paying international students create, some say, a two-tier system

by Stephanie Findlay - Friday, August 12, 2011
Has anyone in B.C. seen the sun?

Gloomy weather in B.C. is taking its toll on tourism

by Richard Warnica - Monday, August 8, 2011
You are invited to a tax party

B.C. residents tune out the spin, and turn to each other for the HST vote

by Nancy Macdonald - Tuesday, July 26, 2011