Commentary

Support for proof of vaccination on the job rises 15 percentage points in six months, poll finds

Today, before any blame, must come gratitude. One would think British Columbia would be ready for rain more than anything else. But nothing in anyone’s memory has struck like this rain – and then this wind – in recent days.

Supply chain deliverables are under the gun in the run-up to Christmas. They are late; they are missing; they are being saddled with record freight cost increases. They are also increasingly in the decarbonization cross-hairs .

This month, almost two-thirds of Canadians think the worst of COVID-19 is behind us, up 17 points since September

One evening on a refrigerated rink 35 years ago, I concluded I was never going to skate and shoot well enough to keep playing our national game. I felt less Canadian.

The last couple of years have given Canadians plenty of chances to be upset, and to express their feelings with colourful language.

The deep end of Canada’s talent pool needs attention. For one thing, it’s not deep enough; for another, the country is not investing enough in the pool’s shallow end to increase the deep-end depth.

The United States wants it. Canadian business wants it. Vaccinated Canadian travellers, too.

In 1993, Republican party candidate Rudy Giuliani won the mayoral election in New York City. Four years earlier, Giuliani came very close to defeating Democratic party candidate David Dinkins.

Sooner or later, it had to happen. You knew the wall was coming. You knew city council would hit it. Many Vancouver councillors are in love with their own spending ideas.