Guest Column

GUEST COLUMN – Public has chance for a say on changes to B.C. Police Act

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, author of Policing A Pioneer Province: The British Columbia Provincial Police 1858 – 1950. Writing [Continue]

GRAHAM – Health, wealth and common sense: the social contract revisited

August 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS of civilized society is, surely, the notion of the common good, or the benefits of living other than alone in caves, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – British Columbia at 150 years remains a work in progress

July 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVE OBEE Editor and Publisher, Victoria Times Colonist ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years ago this past Tuesday, the British Colonist newspaper reported on a major event — our [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – A response to critics of our school system

June 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist I HAVE SELDOM passed up an opportunity to respond to publicly aired criticisms of our school system, such as letters to the editor, FaceBook [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – ‘Cancel Culture’ or, ‘The Season of Sanctimony’

June 22, 2021 // 2 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist AS A REGULAR READER of several newspapers, science-oriented magazines, and professional and letters-based publications, I occasionally think [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Suffrage, the ballot and democratic governments

June 15, 2021 // 2 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist OVER THE LAST several hundred years the public demand for voting rights and the subsequent emergence of democratic governments has been a [Continue]