Instead of working on a compromise, something to allow both parties to save face and achieve some of their goals, the government and the B.C. Teachers' Federation are both waiting for the other side to blink, Stephen Smart writes.

The daunting engineering challenges facing the Northern Gateway pipeline project are shaping up to be nothing compared to the landscape of anti-pipeline opposition standing in Enbridges way, writes Stephen Smart.

As a full-scale teachers' strike looms, the CBC's B.C. legislative bureau chief Stephen Smart examines the potential for an 11th hour deal before the end of the school year.

Given the heightening concerns on several fronts, there will be a political price to pay no matter what Ottawa's decision is in the coming days about the Northern Gateway oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, Stephen Smart writes.

The CBC's legislative bureau chief Stephen Smart shares his thoughts on the imminent B.C. teachers' strike and what this means for stalled contract talks with the government.