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Editorial: Far East fuel-cell fact and fiction

Editorial: Far East fuel-cell fact and fiction

Ballard Power Systems’ latest Asian initiative illustrates some of the opportunities and challenges awaiting Canadian companies anxious to tap Far East business opportunities in the new age of U.S. trade protectionism.
Brexit borderlines; Carillion controversy; B.C. business calendar

Brexit borderlines; Carillion controversy; B.C. business calendar

Brexit negotiations As the next round of negotiations begins, whether or not the U.K. will remain part of the EU’s customs union is the key issue. Brexit’s key issues come and go almost as quickly as headlines.
When your bookkeeper is not enough

When your bookkeeper is not enough

You're an entrepreneur, not an accountant. You hate (read: loathe) dealing with the numbers side of your business.
B.C. pipeline fight a test of Trudeau’s national parenting prowess

B.C. pipeline fight a test of Trudeau’s national parenting prowess

Families feud. What they dispute is almost never as important as how they settle. But there is more to the conflict between the sibling provinces of B.C. and Alberta than the aim of resolution. There is principle involved in the fight.
Editorial: Cannabis retail readiness red alert

Editorial: Cannabis retail readiness red alert

Is anyone really prepared for marijuana legalization? The operators of illegal outlets around Metro Vancouver might be, but most legitimate businesses are not.
Avoiding a deficit should be a BC NDP coalition budget priority

Avoiding a deficit should be a BC NDP coalition budget priority

that B.C. Finance Minister Carole James will present on February 20 is the first real opportunity for the BC NDP government to outline its economic and fiscal priorities for the coming years.
Should you sell to an equity firm or to a royalty corporation?

Should you sell to an equity firm or to a royalty corporation?

I recently met with a friend who owns a mid-sized business. She had received an offer to sell part of her business to a royalty corporation and was wondering if doing so would be a good idea.
Editorial: Concerns over Canada’s latest debt march

Editorial: Concerns over Canada’s latest debt march

Fiscal discipline was apparently not atop government 2018 New Year’s resolutions. A lot of citizens in Canada also left it off their lists. Discipline on any front, apparently, is so 20th century.
Squamish Nation member's food truck a first of its kind

Squamish Nation member's food truck a first of its kind

Chef wants to share bannock and Indigenous cuisine with everyone
UBCM report provides a blueprint for a regional housing strategy

UBCM report provides a blueprint for a regional housing strategy

There is no small irony that the cover page of last week’s Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) report on a housing strategy is a photo of someone turning a doorknob.