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Mario Canseco: Service and other factors that trigger tipping’s tipping point across Canada
For the past couple of years, social media users have shared pictures of the “suggested tip amounts” they have encountered when the bill is brought to them at a restaurant or when they try to pay for a meal using a credit card.
Jan 3, 2023 1:46 PM
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Kirk LaPointe: For clear answers to complex problems, consider engaging in a chat with Chat
I have found a new authority on political and economic challenges. Let me introduce you. Let me say, though, that my dialogue with my new, resourceful friend is different than most I conduct.
Jan 3, 2023 1:43 PM
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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.
Dec 30, 2022 12:00 AM
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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.
Dec 29, 2022 12:00 AM
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Acceleration of population growth was one of the most significant developments for B.C. in 2022
In 2021, the provincial economy emerged from the pandemic in decent shape considering that many consumer services and most travel remained partially shuttered and international trade had not fully recovered from earlier COVID-induced disruptions.
Dec 28, 2022 3:00 PM
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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.
Dec 28, 2022 12:00 AM
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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.
Dec 28, 2022 12:00 AM
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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.
Dec 27, 2022 4:05 PM
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Mario Canseco: B.C.’s justice system under-funded, overly soft on offenders, respondents say
For British Columbians who have not interacted with the justice system, perceptions are usually developed through media coverage.
Dec 27, 2022 1:50 PM
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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.
Dec 27, 2022 12:00 AM
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