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Rob Shaw: Meet Premier Eby: The new leader of British Columbia

Rob Shaw: Meet Premier Eby: The new leader of British Columbia

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Jock Finlayson, Ken Peacock: Stimulating B.C.’s productivity growth should be atop David Eby’s priority to-do list

Jock Finlayson, Ken Peacock: Stimulating B.C.’s productivity growth should be atop David Eby’s priority to-do list

BC NDP leader David Eby will be sworn in as B.C.’s next premier shortly after this column is published. He will inherit an array of complex policy files.
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Jordan Bateman: Lions hope Rourke’s next pass falls incomplete

Jordan Bateman: Lions hope Rourke’s next pass falls incomplete

For the good of Canadian football, we need to find a way to keep Nathan Rourke playing Canadian football. Specifically, back in B.C.
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BIV Editorial: Major ports in a decarbonization storm

BIV Editorial: Major ports in a decarbonization storm

Decoding the decarbonization puzzle requires leadership from all sectors. In marine transportation, that means far more than ship owners. Vancouver and other international ports have a vital leadership role to play in that decoding.
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Alistair Vigier: Floods will have a larger impact on B.C. real estate prices than interest rates

Alistair Vigier: Floods will have a larger impact on B.C. real estate prices than interest rates

Many people ignore the looming threat of climate change, despite the ever-present haze of summer wildfire smoke, and now – just weeks later – flood warnings.
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Rob Shaw: Don’t be surprised if Surrey transitions back to the RCMP

Rob Shaw: Don’t be surprised if Surrey transitions back to the RCMP

There’s an old axiom in politics: The voters are never wrong. That goes doubly so in Surrey, where voters comprise one of the most important blocks of support in B.C. politics. As Surrey goes, quite often, so does the government.
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Rob Shaw: Eby promises to take over the Downtown Eastside – but what's the plan?

Rob Shaw: Eby promises to take over the Downtown Eastside – but what's the plan?

Incoming B.C.
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Mario Canseco: British Columbians having a hard time digesting food price hikes

Mario Canseco: British Columbians having a hard time digesting food price hikes

As British Columbia heads towards the holiday season, residents of the province are paying attention to how they spend money.
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Kirk LaPointe: Cannabis sector being taxed, restricted, regulated into insolvency

Kirk LaPointe: Cannabis sector being taxed, restricted, regulated into insolvency

There was a time not so long ago that it was hard to muster any sympathy for cannabis retailers. I would argue – and probably with some of you, I would have to do so quite strenuously – that the time has come.
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J. Geoffrey Howard: Managing your company in an era of higher staff turnover and quiet quitting

J. Geoffrey Howard: Managing your company in an era of higher staff turnover and quiet quitting

As if managing employees through a major pandemic was not challenging enough, in the post-COVID era employers now face the twin challenges of “quiet quitting” and higher rates of actual quitting i.e. accelerated turnover.
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