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Best ways to avoid being another victim of investor fraud in B.C.

Best ways to avoid being another victim of investor fraud in B.C.

Securities fraud is a serious and widespread problem that can leave victims facing financial ruin.
Questions arising in the murky new reality of Green-NDP merger

Questions arising in the murky new reality of Green-NDP merger

I haven’t conducted the scientific experiment, but I suspect that when you mix 41 parts NDP orange and three parts Green, you get something muddy-coloured. Rather like your new provincial government plan.
Amazon’s appetite for disruption takes bite out of food industry

Amazon’s appetite for disruption takes bite out of food industry

Food is a US$700 billion sector in the U.S. and almost $120 billion in Canada. It’s too much for Amazon to ignore Amazon is intent on becoming the world’s most powerful retailer, with the help of food sales.
Longer lives creating more complications for retirement planning

Longer lives creating more complications for retirement planning

In spite of the risks, Canadians haven’t placed enough importance on the role of in-depth retirement planning.
Living frugally won’t improve millennial housing woes

Living frugally won’t improve millennial housing woes

An Australian real estate developer recently stoked fury on social media by claiming that millennials might be able to afford to buy homes in Australia’s biggest cities if they cut out excesses such as “fancy toast.
Lessons in infrastructure financing from the Middle Kingdom

Lessons in infrastructure financing from the Middle Kingdom

As members of a developed western economy, Canadians think we know all about capitalism. And, obviously, we believe our way of doing things is the best – we don’t have anything to learn from countries like China.
BC Greens’ aspirations undersold in NDP prenuptial agreement

BC Greens’ aspirations undersold in NDP prenuptial agreement

When I went to download the NDP-Green political agreement Tuesday, the document service Scribd recommended two other similar texts: Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale . I suppose critics will say the B.C.
The high cost of Vancouver City Hall’s Chinatown miscalculation

The high cost of Vancouver City Hall’s Chinatown miscalculation

The city administration has made many mistakes in how it has approached the development of neighbourhoods, but none is more troublesome and telling than its rezoning of Chinatown. No neighbourhood would believe itself anything but unique.
Editorial: Real jobs initiative in False Creek plan

Editorial: Real jobs initiative in False Creek plan

It’s not perfect, but the False Creek Flats development plan Vancouver city council unanimously approved on May 17 recognizes a key factor in Vancouver’s economic viability: land needs to be set aside for places people can work, not just where they c
Clearing speed bumps on the rocky road to a low-carbon economy

Clearing speed bumps on the rocky road to a low-carbon economy

The election that won’t go away will have come to some kind of end by the time you read this. But what will persist, regardless of the eventual deals and coalitions, is the painful stretch between a high-carbon and low-carbon economy for B.C.