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Poll sniffs out rise in dog ownership during pandemic

Poll sniffs out rise in dog ownership during pandemic

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians have encountered different fitness challenges, prompting decisions that may have been unthinkable in 2019.
Justin-and-Joe show brings return to startlingly normal political programming

Justin-and-Joe show brings return to startlingly normal political programming

If Donald Trump was the crazy uncle he wished to see as little as possible, Joe Biden represents a return to the father figure Justin Trudeau has needed regularly in his life.
B.C. has the opportunity to get single-event sports betting right, right away

B.C. has the opportunity to get single-event sports betting right, right away

The years-long push for legalized single-event sports betting in Canada has felt like a marathon for staunch supporters – but suddenly the finish line feels like it’s within reach.
Editorial: Canada: an industrial revolution casualty

Editorial: Canada: an industrial revolution casualty

Is your company ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? If it’s not preparing now for the revolution’s challenges and opportunities, it will at best be on a path of stagnation and gradual decline.
Slow reopening of the economy still backed by majority in B.C.

Slow reopening of the economy still backed by majority in B.C.

Canadian provinces have dealt with COVID-19 in different and unique ways. In the early stages of the pandemic, Atlantic Canada provided a glowing example with a very low case count and stern travel restrictions.
Engagement, not enragement, the key to relationship with China

Engagement, not enragement, the key to relationship with China

Understatement of the century: China doesn’t share the same values as Canada. It’s no secret that there are strains in the relationship between Canada and China, emphasized this week by the Canada-led declaration against arbitrary detentions .
IMF report raises concerns over Canada’s fiscal fundamentals

IMF report raises concerns over Canada’s fiscal fundamentals

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) walks tall and carries a big stick, so when it pronounces on our national government’s performance in trying to walk tall and carry a big stick in the pandemic, our ears need to prick up.
Security fraudsters eroding the integrity of B.C.’s investment market

Security fraudsters eroding the integrity of B.C.’s investment market

It should surprise no one that Canada has the dubious distinction of being the world leader in securities fraud involving pump-and-dump schemes of micro-capitalized companies.
Two-thirds of Canadians oppose export of live horses for meat

Two-thirds of Canadians oppose export of live horses for meat

Over the past few years, some Canadians have started to ponder moving towards diets that reduce or eliminate the consumption of animals. At this point, we are not near a scenario where most residents of the country are willing to complete this shift.
Canada’s patchwork pandemic response has failed the public

Canada’s patchwork pandemic response has failed the public

The Third Wave about which I am familiar was the sequel to my high school-era, alerting-to-the-world-out-there futurist book, Future Shock, by the generally on-point Alvin Toffler. It heralded the move into the information age.