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Bryan Yu: B.C.’s job market shows cracks as hiring moderates, confidence dips

Bryan Yu: B.C.’s job market shows cracks as hiring moderates, confidence dips

Rising job vacancies and weak hiring point to a cooling economy despite wage growth
Mario Canseco: Inflation, job fears and economic pessimism cloud the year ahead, says survey

Mario Canseco: Inflation, job fears and economic pessimism cloud the year ahead, says survey

Tariffs threats haven’t changed our views on Canadian economy, according to Research Co. poll
Rob Shaw: Eby's unscripted moment at Invictus Games strikes the perfect chord

Rob Shaw: Eby's unscripted moment at Invictus Games strikes the perfect chord

B.C. premier's off-the-cuff speech drew cheers, heart gestures
Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

With mineral exploration investment already dropping, rushed policy changes could push the industry into crisis.
Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Politicians are selling resource extraction as an economic cure—evidence suggests otherwise
Rob Shaw: NDP's safe-supply gaslighting collapses under leaked government report

Rob Shaw: NDP's safe-supply gaslighting collapses under leaked government report

After years of denials, provincial government now acknowledges safe supply fuelling underground drug market
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. risks losing billions with Columbia River Treaty left in limbo

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. risks losing billions with Columbia River Treaty left in limbo

A long-overdue treaty update is stalled, leaving province vulnerable to political and economic risks
Opinion: B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in the path of fires and floods

Opinion: B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in the path of fires and floods

New report shows why the most affordable home is the one you don’t have to rebuild after a disaster
Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Proposed U.S. tariffs would cripple one of B.C.’s largest industries, but strategic policy changes could help prevent mass layoffs
Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Province finds insidious way to jack up cost of transparency to British Columbians