Commentary

As Canadians head to a unique holiday break, the perceptions of voters on the performance of the prime minister have become more positive. When Research Co.

B.C.’s labour market firmed in November with a strong gain in employment and declining jobless rate. That said, the numbers are somewhat stale given the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases since the early November reference period.

The end is near. A good end, thankfully, a door reopened for us to re-enter the world lost to us. Eventually, though. Not today, not next week or month. Not even early next year. Maybe we’re only about halfway into the tragic pandemic.

It’s difficult to quantify the effects of 2020’s optimism deficit on business bottom lines. But, as the pandemic spring, summer and fall have illustrated, it is significant.

City of Vancouver, park board provide no timelines on ‘decampment’ of tent city

The year that is about to end has been like no other, and – in many North American communities – we are headed into more days where it will continue to be impossible to travel, meet relatives and celebrate.

The city has frittered valuable time haplessly in the pandemic.

Pensions and the investment funds that keep them afloat are not immune to economic pandemic pains.

In communities across Canada, people are coming together in a wide range of activities intended to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens closer together.

When Vancouver Canucks’ owner Francesco Aquilini took to Twitter to fire the team’s national anthem singer, Mark Donnelly, he delivered a strong message about public safety: wear a mask or face consequences.