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Housing activity picks up, but too soon to call it a correction

Housing activity picks up, but too soon to call it a correction

There are signs of a comeback in housing sales, but more time is needed to be certain
BC has until March 31 to spend its surplus. It likely can't.

BC has until March 31 to spend its surplus. It likely can't.

David Eby has a nearly $6 billion surplus he is trying to disburse before the use-it-or-lose-it March 31 deadline.
Anna Sainsbury: 2022 was a challenging year for firms seeking investment funds

Anna Sainsbury: 2022 was a challenging year for firms seeking investment funds

Going into 2022, I think collectively we were optimistic that we were beginning to put COVID behind us. Then we started the new year and the Omicron variant hit right after the holidays.
Jack Newton: Lessons from 2022: How to build a business during a recession

Jack Newton: Lessons from 2022: How to build a business during a recession

As a founder that started a company in the 2007-08 global financial crisis, I sometimes feel like a grizzled veteran full of war stories and the accompanying scar tissue of difficult lessons learned through those experiences.
Sonia Furstenau: We need a vision for a healthy, affordable and sustainable B.C. now

Sonia Furstenau: We need a vision for a healthy, affordable and sustainable B.C. now

There is a growing story that government is incapable of meeting people’s needs, that government is powerless in solving the issues impacting our communities. I don’t accept this.
Sarah Blanco: 10 steps to a conducting a fair and effective workplace investigation

Sarah Blanco: 10 steps to a conducting a fair and effective workplace investigation

Workplace conduct is being more closely scrutinized today than ever before. Societal views regarding what crosses the line into bullying, harassment and discrimination is shifting. Meanwhile, adjudicators are taking note and adjusting accordingly.
Renu Bakshi: YVR’s winter meltdown a failure in crisis leadership

Renu Bakshi: YVR’s winter meltdown a failure in crisis leadership

Winter storms cancel flights and disrupt airport operations. Everyone knows that. Yet, when Metro Vancouver’s forecast delivered on its promise, the one entity required to trigger an adequate crisis response froze.
Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: NDP continuing to hollow out B.C.’s invaluable forest industry

Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: NDP continuing to hollow out B.C.’s invaluable forest industry

We close out our regular monthly columns for the year by revisiting the economic role and contributions of the province’s largest export industry: Forestry. The provincial Crown owns 95 per cent of all land in B.C.
BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

A few months ago, Vancouver-based Nexii Building Solutions Inc. eclipsed a $2 billion valuation.
BIV Editorial: New workplace trends meet old economic realities

BIV Editorial: New workplace trends meet old economic realities

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has changed North America’s employer-employee relationship for good; but there is also no doubt that the economic realities governing employer survival and employee contributions to that survival have not changed for g