Opinion

Last week’s announcement that the province would create a municipal auditor general department is good news for taxpayers around the province. Any move to make our public bodies more accountable, even at the civic level, is a way to help ensure that they follow a closer path to the private sector when it comes to keeping expenses in check.

Deer carry ticks, which could carry lyme disease

Esmeralda and Pallada got very different reactions from Victoria residents

Harbour Authority could work to reduce emissions in James Bay

Johnson St. Bridge evokes the middle finger

The crown jewel of B.C. utilities is such a money machine that it can allow extravagant practices and still deliver some of the cheapest, cleanest, most stable energy in North America.

There’s a centuries-old saying about good intentions most people should be familiar with. And while the idea of reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections is noble, there are a few problems with the plan to let people email their lovers to warn them they could have an STI.

I’ll never forget my first ride on Toronto’s subway. I was a wide-eyed exchange student at the university, and new to the ways of the big city.

It would be hard to argue that knowing the name of every person slapped with an administrative penalty for drinking and driving was in the public interest. But what if that person is a senior official responsible for public safety?

B.C.’s job market held steady in July, with unemployment at 7.3 per cent. The latest Statistics Canada job data were released as global financial markets teetered on the edge of another recession.