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News from the Nisga’a

News from the Nisga’a

Mark Milke: BC needs its resource sector, and another multibillion dollar project is a welcome change.
Lumber seen as the ‘bad guy’ for rising housing costs

Lumber seen as the ‘bad guy’ for rising housing costs

Grant Cameron: A new study says lumber material costs make up only about four per cent of a new home's price. So what's really happening?
Metro Vancouver's limited industrial land not being utilized

Metro Vancouver's limited industrial land not being utilized

Russell Hixson: New data shows Metro Vancouver's limited industrial sites are increasingly being used for non-industrial purposes.
ESG, obvious as ABC

ESG, obvious as ABC

Greg D'Avignon and Radha Curpen: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) isn't just a reporting practice, or even new. It's a massive opportunity BC is perfectly positioned for.
Major lumber donation aims to help rebuild Lytton

Major lumber donation aims to help rebuild Lytton

Russell Hixson: One step towards recovery, rebuilding what was lost.
Safe harbour

Safe harbour

In Part Three of The Orca’s exclusive series on BC’s ports, Frank Peebles looks at Stewart.
The farm is merging with food retail spaces

The farm is merging with food retail spaces

Since a trip to the grocery story is inevitable for most of us, grocers are bringing the farm to the store so consumers can have both the farming and the retail experience at once.
Anchors aweigh-ish

Anchors aweigh-ish

Rob Shaw: A new, earlier, date for cruise ships to return to Canada is good news – but there are still plenty of hazards ahead.
Amid the pandemic, Asia’s economic ascent continues

Amid the pandemic, Asia’s economic ascent continues

Jock Finlayson: Last year, some Western analysts speculated the pandemic would slow Asia’s – and particularly China’s – global ascent. That hasn’t happened.
Going in reverse

Going in reverse

Chris Gardner: Returning to compulsory trades is more than just a head scratcher - it’s more red tape that won't solve any of the real challenges facing construction in BC.