I've said it before. Voters can be fickle. Capricious. And at times, frustratingly lazy.

Everything is relative, but in B.C., we enjoy some of the most responsible, corruption-free government in the world.

Scoff at that if you like, but when you turned on the tap this morning, you...

So who's in worse shape? The BC NDP or the Canucks?

It's the Canucks, of course, who not only feel their momentum but their fan base slipping away in yet another dismal playoffs outing.

Now, switch to the "nerd playoffs" aka the election, where the party that looked like...

Was the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) worth it to B.C. taxpayers? Just over two months ago in a blog for The Huffington Post, I likened the B.C. Liberals' $11 million gambit to bring economic development -- and voter love -- to a Bollywood movie, rife with...

Think Lindsay Lohan is messed up? Turned off by Bieber's weird shirtless behaviour? Are you done with Mel Gibson's meltdowns?

In honour of the Times of India Film Awards in Vancouver this week, I present to you Bollywood's top 5 scandals of all-time. Totally subjective of course.

5) Did Big...

In Hollywood, they take away stars' Grammy Awards and jeer them off stage if they're caught lip syncing. But ever since the dawn of Bollywood talkies, lip syncing has been music to movie goers' ears.

When you watch a Hindi movie -- it's not Shah Rukh Khan or Katrina Kaif...

When dancers take the stage at the Pacific Coliseum and BC Place at the Times of India Film Awards in Vancouver this week, it won't be the Harlem Shake we'll see. Not Gangnam style, not even Indian Classical style. It will be Shiamak style.

Named for Shiamak Davar,...

Before there was Downton Abbey, there was Derbyshire, the county in which stood the fine grounds of Pemberly, the house whose brooding, handsome master, Fitzwilliam Darcy, turned Colin Firth into an instant star, capturing the hearts of viewers around the world when BBC first aired its miniseries, Pride...

Timing is everything in B.C. politics. And wouldn't you know, it's also the essence of thousands of Bollywood films.

A chance meeting that develops into forbidden love? Bollywood. The moment the evil uncle clunks granny on the head and makes off with the family fortune, leaving the heroine a...

It often feels as though oversimplification is the default setting for political discussions. Take a sound-bite universe, some leaked documents and add in a B.C. government fighting for its political life and you get this fall's outrage over B.C. government caucus staff using their work email accounts and office time...

Enough already. It's just a baby. It is not Rosemary's baby. It is not even the Virgin Mary's baby. Frankly, if you don't subscribe to the idea that life begins at conception (and not everyone does) you could argue that is isn't even a baby yet.

And under no...

Canadians and Americans may not agree on every issue of public policy, but when it comes to the issue of infrastructure, municipal leaders on both sides of the border appear to be singing from the same songbook.

Just a couple of weeks ago, mayors and councillors from across Canada...

"Don't tell mum and dad," said my sibling over the phone. "I'm coming home for Diwali this year. It's a surprise."

Though it will not warrant a Hallmark network movie of the week, the news was our own holiday miracle. Here was sis - taking time out of an insane...