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No reason people shouldn’t cull their old social media posts

No reason people shouldn’t cull their old social media posts

In the latest Research Co. survey of Canadians, only 29% of respondents acknowledged that they rarely experience someone being rude or impolite when using social media.
Cannabis edibles open a new frontier for Canadian entrepreneurs

Cannabis edibles open a new frontier for Canadian entrepreneurs

Last October’s legalization of recreational cannabis brought opportunities and challenges to licensed producers (LPs) and future entrepreneurs who want to sell cultivated and edible products.
A new city plan will set the course for Vancouver’s future

A new city plan will set the course for Vancouver’s future

Vancouver is at a watershed moment in its history.
Don’t bet on Alberta turning off the oil tap any time soon

Don’t bet on Alberta turning off the oil tap any time soon

Game on. The taps won’t be turned off soon. But the tap-dancing has begun. Jason Kenney, barely through his first cup of coffee as Alberta premier, has proclaimed a law that may be proven lawless.
Technology throwing work-life balance out of whack in B.C.: poll

Technology throwing work-life balance out of whack in B.C.: poll

Take a quick look at any recent political speech – federal, provincial, municipal or international – and the word “jobs” is certain to appear in some form at some moment.
Editorial: A positive start to cut B.C. truck stops

Editorial: A positive start to cut B.C. truck stops

Removing one long-standing thorn in the side of Vancouver port operations bodes well for the continued reliability of cargo movement through Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway. But implementing recommendations from the B.C.
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.