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How to: Survive 40 years in the publishing industry; Diana Douglas and Richard Day celebrating the 40th anniversary of Self-Counsel Press in one of the book publishing business’ most challenging eras

Last week I wrote about how income disparity in Canada is on the upswing, now growing faster here than in the U.S. Growing in parallel with that gap – due to that gap, according to some compelling research (www.equalitytrust.org) – are rates of mental illness, drug abuse, incarceration, obesity, low education, declining health and social immobility.

Malahat dealing

Is the real message of the HST vote that people wanted to stop the flow of wealth from the bottom to the top, from business to consumers?

Even as the U.S. and other economies struggled through 2011’s second and third quarters, the technology industry has shown no sign that it’s feeling a pinch.

The future of basketball in Canada was dealt a blow when the men’s national team failed to qualify from the Americas tournament in Mar del Plata, Argentina, for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Accounting scandals in the U.S. have proved to be a boon for Global Relay’s electronic message archiving business

Still savouring B.C.’s forward-into-the-past choice in the August 26 harmonized sales tax (HST) referendum, Lotus Landers will be happy to know that increasing taxation complexity is one of the country’s lesser appreciated hobbies.

I know that you’ve heard of social media – services like Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Like huge numbers of Canadians, you probably have accounts at one or more of these services. But you’re probably using those accounts to keep in touch with family and friends. While you may be aware that these services can be used as business tools, most of you are a little fuzzy on just how to do that.

A tool you may have used in strategic planning, and which is often used in sustainability planning, is backcasting. You envision the future as you want it, then work backward to determine how to get there.