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UBC professor Patrick Condon has lobbed another boulder into the municipal pond, accusing the City of Vancouver of succumbing to the “soft corruption of spot zoning.”

Sixty years ago, almost to the day, I left for Europe. I was 19. Preposterously, I believed I was destined to be a poet. I associated poets with dirt. I didn't have a full wash for six weeks.

E-commerce innovator changed focus of eye-care industry

China's plans to build a secure trade and transportation corridor across northern Burma to the Bay of Bengal have run up against fervent objections by local people and the Naypyidaw government's worries about the gateway's effects on national sovereignty.

BC's labour market pulse quickened in June as it bucked the national decline with a modest employment uptick. Employment rose 0.3% from May to a seasonally adjusted 2.326 million persons, compared with a 0.1% decline nationwide. Provincial unemployment rose slightly by 0.1 percentage points to 6.2% of the labour force.

One of the most disruptive business trends of recent years is growing at an alarming rate. It's called the sharing economy, or collaborative consumption. The premise is pretty simple: use digital technology to reap the advantages of ownership without actually owning something, or to become a micro-entrepreneur without any investment costs.

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Entrepreneur sews up successful launch with crowdfunding, social media

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The determination of the government of Laos to lift its people out of poverty by becoming “the battery of Southeast Asia” is causing alarm among the country's neighbours.