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Time for city hall to start acting locally before posturing globally

Time for city hall to start acting locally before posturing globally

I have seen the city’s future, and it is expensive. Full disclosure: I lament my generation’s failure worldwide to earlier adequately mitigate climate change, and I know we have to turn more of our attention to that giant task at hand.
Technology propels the rise of the business centaur

Technology propels the rise of the business centaur

Studies indicate that 30% of technical knowledge is made obsolete every year. In this information age, mastery of technology is an essential skill for success to be found in any sector of business.
News flash for 4/20 pot warriors: You won; now go home

News flash for 4/20 pot warriors: You won; now go home

The most compassionate view I can muster of the cannabis activists that have behaved defiantly and inconsiderately toward the community in which they live is that they have been for ages clobbered as counter-culturalists and are merely subsumed by se
Canadians blame celebs, technology, politicians for bad manners

Canadians blame celebs, technology, politicians for bad manners

Over the past few weeks, Research Co. has taken a look at etiquette in Canada. We learned that Canadians are hearing colourful language in public, and sometimes using it , more often than before.
Senate road show raises concerns over Bill C-69’s economic impact

Senate road show raises concerns over Bill C-69’s economic impact

2019 has been rough on the Justin Trudeau Liberals. The prime minister has been accused of interfering in a criminal prosecution involving SNC-Lavalin.
Editorial: Clear up government clarity deficit

Editorial: Clear up government clarity deficit

Clarity is key to unravelling complex energy industry issues in Canada. Too bad it’s in such short supply. That deficit is pushing the latest energy hot button in B.C.: the high price of gasoline in Metro Vancouver.
Despondent dispatch from outliers on Canada’s lonely left coast

Despondent dispatch from outliers on Canada’s lonely left coast

Dear Canada: We write to you as lonely patriots, isolated again on the left coast, smug and sanctimonious on the one hand, shivering with dark expectation on the other.
Bold moves needed now to resolve Lower Mainland livability crisis

Bold moves needed now to resolve Lower Mainland livability crisis

It is time to get serious about transportation, housing, regional planning and growth in the Lower Mainland.
Most B.C. residents believe in God, but few attend church regularly: survey

Most B.C. residents believe in God, but few attend church regularly: survey

Throughout the course of this century, British Columbia has been the most irreligious province in Canada. In the 2001 national census, 35.1% of British Columbians claimed to have no religion when they filed their forms.
Self-publishing consultancies turn page on industry transformation

Self-publishing consultancies turn page on industry transformation

When I started out in the book publishing industry as an editorial assistant, I managed what was disparagingly known as the “slush pile.