Commentary

Finding and affording childcare in British Columbia is a major challenge for many families, significantly affecting parents’ ability to work outside of home. Childcare has been central in this federal election, and that’s a good thing.

There are basically three ways to make housing affordable in Vancouver. The first is to scratch out a zero from the end of the transaction when the deal gets to the lawyers.

COVID-19 cases rising again. New restrictions. Credit rating downgrades. Is this the beginning of the end of B.C.’s reign atop provincial economic growth standings? We don’t think so.

Whoever wins the federal election embraces an economy that worries Canadians. The support in the pandemic, intended to be short-lived, sprawled and spent well beyond expectations.

Barnstorming federal politicians would have voters believe that promises will lead Canada to the Promised Land. They have proved wrong on that count in the past, and they are wrong on it now.

As we head into the final week of the federal election campaign in Canada, the numbers have moved, albeit at a seemingly glacial pace.

So, we’re kinda tied. Can this week undo the knot? The final federal election campaign days see the two major parties statistically even.

Six months ago, Research Co. and Glacier Media asked employed British Columbians about their work expectations during and after a pandemic.

Almost a year and a half after the great pandemic stock market crash and trillions of dollars of funding around the world, things seem to be a bit overcooked.

In a Main Street alleyway this spring and summer, Ivan Chung could be heard slowly and surely refurbishing, then refining one of those yesteryear Boler trailers – stripping the paint, sanding the surface, applying coats of turquoise and white, conver