Commentary

The energy industry loves its acronyms. It’s only partially a joke that if you don’t hear a new acronym by 10 a.m., make one up and get it into circulation before lunch. But there’s an important new acronym: CRIN (Clean Resource Innovation Network).

For the most part, the Port of Vancouver’s (PoV) mid-year shipping news is good. It reported an overall 4% increase in cargo handled for the first six months of this year versus 2016.

John Horgan has set sail on a trip. Naturally, he wants to be the skipper of The Love Boat, not Gilligan’s Island, so the seaborne message is clear: don’t rock the ship; tack but don’t sink.

Insights West had the opportunity to ask drivers in British Columbia about what they see and do on the road as part of a comprehensive research project commissioned by the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (ICBC).

B.C. non-profit societies should take care: there is a new court challenge available to their members.

Transparency and the City of Vancouver are distant cousins, if that. Even the most sophisticated recreational genomic tests might not prove the relationship.

BC’s housing affordability conversation needs more voices if the province is to find a viable long-term solution to runaway real estate costs.

Canada is a mid-sized economy, responsible for less than 2% of global output. Closer to home, we represent about 8% of all economic activity across the United States, Canada and Mexico combined.

We all know that trust is the cornerstone to any healthy relationship, personally and professionally. But when it comes to building trust, it becomes a little less cut and dry.

It was apparent when Christy Clark left Judith Guichon’s residence in late June without the answer she wanted that the hourglass had been flipped, that the sand was sifting and would soon stop.