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City’s blank-cheque COVID recovery plan in serious need of reality check

City’s blank-cheque COVID recovery plan in serious need of reality check

The City of Vancouver has a strategy for the community’s COVID-19 recovery. Good news: Ottawa and Victoria can take care of us, we will keep on keeping on.
Canadians’ financial worries easing as lockdowns lift, poll finds

Canadians’ financial worries easing as lockdowns lift, poll finds

In April, when no province had a clear idea of when the lockdowns brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic would end, Research Co. and Glacier Media asked Canadians about their financial concerns.
How the pandemic has transformed our idea of leadership

How the pandemic has transformed our idea of leadership

In a time of heightened fear and uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, good leadership has never been more critical. However, as a collective community, our idea of what makes a good leader has undoubtedly changed.
Poll results underline B.C.’s proud, independent streak

Poll results underline B.C.’s proud, independent streak

As the province prepares to observe a socially distanced and possibly contactless B.C. Day, residents of British Columbia could be forgiven for feeling a little smug. Following the advice of Dr.
What Canada can learn from America about small business survival

What Canada can learn from America about small business survival

COVID-19 has put unprecedented financial strain on Canada’s small to medium-sized business (SMB) sector – as well as on SMBs around the world – leaving companies to rely on government aid to remain hopeful of returning to profitability in a post-pand
Canadians and Americans immune to travel bug while COVID-19 persists: poll

Canadians and Americans immune to travel bug while COVID-19 persists: poll

In April, at a time when the federal government in the United States harboured high and unjustified expectations for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, a $25 billion U.S.
Business council prescribes sensible medicine for economic recovery

Business council prescribes sensible medicine for economic recovery

Forget the V. The economic recovery will be a wwwwwwwww. Brace for two or three years of up-and-down struggle, a 2023 that at last looks statistically like 2019 – but changed, really changed, and along that hilly ride will need to be a great roadmap.
Editorial: Community benefits agreement disagreements

Editorial: Community benefits agreement disagreements

The ongoing court battle over the BC NDP government’s Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) raises more questions about the allocation of public funds during a time when those funds are evaporating on all fronts.
More Canadians harbouring negative views of China, Russia, the U.S.

More Canadians harbouring negative views of China, Russia, the U.S.

Late last year, when Research Co. and Glacier Media took a look at the perceptions of Canadians on other countries, the world was a very different place.
City faces major mayoral leadership deficit in dangerous times

City faces major mayoral leadership deficit in dangerous times

By any objective measure, the pandemic has been a political test and opportunity Kennedy Stewart has done nothing but squandered.