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CPI inflation in B.C. jumps to 1.5% in April

CPI inflation in B.C. jumps to 1.5% in April

B.C. inflation is still modest and below the national reading of 2%, indicating subdued economic growth, weak labour markets and retail competition

Grappling with Truth and Reconciliation Commission truths

It is a truth universally avoided that the only way an aggrieved people starting from a simple economy can grapple with a powerful people in a complex economy is to become more like them
Mainland loans risky business for Hong Kong banks, analysts warn

Mainland loans risky business for Hong Kong banks, analysts warn

Warning bells are sounding in several quarters as an explosion in the quantity of loans by Hong Kong-based banks to Chinese enterprises has left the territory's economy vulnerable to a downturn in China.
Twelve reasons why marketing must change to survive

Twelve reasons why marketing must change to survive

Adapt or die. We have seen this consequence play out for centuries. Now it's time for marketing to pay attention.

Attacks on TransLink are running on empty

The million people and their 700,000 cars coming to this region will want to move around without choking in traffic jams. Existing buses, bridges and rapid transit lines aren’t enough
How I did it: Charie Van Dyke

How I did it: Charie Van Dyke

Former model transformed parents’ business into production company for students
Life Lessons: Juggy Sihota-Chahil

Life Lessons: Juggy Sihota-Chahil

Don’t keep your passion to yourself
Foreign buyers taking on local buying characteristics

Foreign buyers taking on local buying characteristics

Among the insights condo marketer Bob Rennie offered listeners on May 15 during what's become an annual presentation to the Urban Development Institute (UDI) was his affection for the Rolling Stones' album title Let It Bleed – a reference, he explained, to intravenous drug users finding a healthy vein. The line inspires Rennie to seek answers (as, one assumes, an addict seeks a vein).
Joseph Arvay: Freedoms fighter

Joseph Arvay: Freedoms fighter

Constitutional lawyer Joseph Arvay has played a crucial role in defining and defending Canadian civil rights

Pity the poor 90% of the richest 1%

So only 0.1% of Americans qualify as not only unimaginably super-rich, able to swim in a vat of money like Walt Disney’s Scrooge McDuck, but getting richer. Unlike the rest of the 1% immediately below them, in the last 30 years their wealth has quad