Commentary

While modern society has sought to make unjustified discriminatory wage rates a thing of the past, court cases remind us that inequity continues to exist

Getting technology decisions right remains a major challenge in both private and public sectors. See Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone fiasco for a private-sector example.

While the October 19 anniversary of Justin Trudeau’s election will be noted, there is another election date to bear in mind the following day, October 20. Two years hence, we face a municipal election.

Resolutions are too often long on rhetoric and short on resolve. So the annual high tide of proposed/forwarded/tabled resolutions that accompanied the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) conference in Victoria is more wish list than to-do list.

Many of us have probably regretted something we posted on Facebook – or had posted about us – but how many of us have ever thought about suing this powerful social media company? A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl is doing just that.

In July, the United States forged ahead of B.C. with the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export cargo from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

It's not as if the photo opportunities will disappear. Witness Prince George and his all-too-picturesque parents. It’s not as if the bromide-laden speeches will vaporize.

Business has never been better in the world of fraud, flim-flam and chicanery. The Internet and mobile technology are helping see to that.

Renewables meet energy realities in a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report. For anyone championing the renewable energy agenda, there is more light on the horizon; for energy realists, there’s a lot of business as usual.

Carbon tax economic realities could dampen the provincial government’s late summer harvest of upbeat agriculture industry news. Recent numbers show 2015 sales of food grown in B.C.