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Slim majority say they would vote "yes" in transit referendum: poll

Slim majority say they would vote "yes" in transit referendum: poll

Yes side is more popular amongst young people and regular transit users
End of long-form census has cut deep into Surrey services, critics say

End of long-form census has cut deep into Surrey services, critics say

Essential social services are being improperly funded because of faulty statistical information, which in turn hurts the local economy, business leaders argue
Oil price crash: the bad, the good and kicking the ugly habit

Oil price crash: the bad, the good and kicking the ugly habit

Editor-in-chief Fiona Anderson on the business news that caught her eye this week
Oak Bay Beach Hotel owes more than it is worth; creditors named

Oak Bay Beach Hotel owes more than it is worth; creditors named

Just two years after it opened, Victoria luxury hotel and condo development is in receivership
Province revokes approval of TWU law school

Province revokes approval of TWU law school

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk has reversed his decision regarding the approval of the proposed law school at...
Vancouver postal workers launch initiative to save home delivery

Vancouver postal workers launch initiative to save home delivery

December 10 marks exactly one year since Canada Post announced several sweeping cost-cutting measures that included...
Patti Bacchus out, Christopher Richardson in as VSB board chair

Patti Bacchus out, Christopher Richardson in as VSB board chair

Patti Bacchus has been ousted as Vancouver School Board chair, and in her place will be...

Urban optimism aside, big city mayors can’t really save the world

Sometimes an idea looks pretty good on paper, but you just know it would be a disaster in real life. Such is the notion of U.S. creative thinker Benjamin Barber , a senior research scholar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York .

Outlining best practices for structuring a management buyout of your company podium

Without business succession strategies, business owners might have to sell at a discount, hand over their businesses to inappropriate successors or close
Oil price plunge a blessing to some business sectors

Oil price plunge a blessing to some business sectors

Forestry, transportation and retail among sectors likely to benefit if low prices persist