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Here we go again. B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell's drunk-driving escapade in Hawaii raises the possibility that, yet again, B.C. voters will not have the pleasure of seeing a duly-elected premier [...]

Cree leader Billy Diamond is quoted in a 1989 biography as saying, 'Great obstacles make great leaders.' Gordon Campbell must certainly hope so, for rarely has a politician faced such [...]

From Premier Gordon Campbell on down, members of the B.C. Liberal government have said the prime purpose of their recently concluded referendum on native Indian treaties was to jump-start a [...]

Who is to blame for the violent attacks on the B.C. Liberals? Are the culprits unemployed urban malcontents, card-carrying members of the grievance generation, zealous post-Marxist labour unionists, or angry [...]

A wild animal is never so dangerous as when injured and cornered. So it is that some left-wingers in Canada's most politically polarized province have reacted, not only with anger [...]

Few weeks in the colourful history of British Columbia politics have been as animated as that which began in mid-January with the long-awaited corruption trial of a former premier and [...]

When the history of Canadian mining in the 20th century is written, the 1990s will likely be portrayed as a wasted decade. Major new mines opened in some areas, including [...]

One of the keys to the B.C. Liberals' sweep to victory last May was an ability to outflank their right-wing opponents in the B.C. Reform and B.C. Unity parties. Crucial [...]

In sweeping the decade-old B.C. NDP government out of power last spring, voters in Canada's most westerly province let politicians know they were ready for a change. But exactly how [...]

As ever-assertive B.C. labour leader Jim Sinclair argued recently, one person's red tape might just be another person's lifeline. More precisely, in an especially enthusiastic defence of government rules and [...]

The creator of the Dilbert comic strip is fellow named Scott Adams. It turns out that, besides sketching his minimalist attacks on corporate life, he has also written a book [...]

And so it begins. Outside the Legislature, angry members of the B.C. Nurses Union--nurses, of all people!--shake their fists to protest the new B.C. Liberal government's plans to legislate an [...]

The bad news is that the total tax bill of an average Canadian family increased 1,351% during the past 40 years. The good news, according to the Fraser Institute, is [...]

Remember the big anti-NDP rallies of a few years ago? Voters from one end of the province to the other demonstrated against an arrogant and corrupt government. Passions were high, [...]

Winners of big lottery jackpots invariably check, recheck and then recheck again their winning numbers before setting out to claim their prize. And even then, they often still cannot believe [...]

Canadian Alliance MP Diane Ablonczy is not noted for engaging in demagoguery. In early April, however, as the truculent Liberals were blocking an Opposition bid for an inquiry into Prime [...]

Despite the fact B.C. Premier Ujjal Dosanjh has yet to set a date for the election he must call before the end of June, the vast majority of British Columbians [...]