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Uber might be a fast and efficient way to get a ride, but there is nothing fast or efficient about bringing the ride-hailing service to B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is gearing up for the long march to the 2019 election, but one of his moves has disturbing overtones. This week, Trudeau shuffled his cabinet.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that tobacco giant Philip Morris cannot have access to individual patient files in its legal battle with the B.C. government. B.C.

The City of Victoria is trying to get creative about solving the housing crisis, and long-dead city councillors are haunting the process.

B.C.’s representative for children and youth does a difficult but important job. The government has made a fine selection in naming Jennifer Charlesworth to the post.

If you want a job on a new B.C. government construction project, you will have to take out a union card.

Everyone did their best in a difficult situation, but 87-year-old Rodger Traill died in the 91Ô­´´ Island Regional Correctional Centre last Wednesday.

In May, a three-year-old boy died after being left in a hot car by his father in Burlington, Ont. In June, a six-month-old baby died in a hot car in Montreal. The deaths are heartbreaking; they happen every summer; and they can be prevented.

The Woodwynn Farms saga has entered a new — and hopeful — stage. The provincial government said this week it is spending $6.9 million to buy and upgrade the 78-hectare site in Central Saanich.

The provincial government has announced plans to build a new hospital in the Cowichan Valley. The current facility, which opened in 1967, is vastly overcrowded and, for structural reasons, cannot be expanded.