Canadian housing market show 0.6% growth The Canadian housing market has slowed its decline to 3.1 per cent year over year, with a 0.6 per cent increase in home sales last month, according to BMO Chief Economist Doug Porter, citing recent data from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Porter notes that since the implementation of new mortgage [...]
Lavoie, Codilla and Yager triump at WBC Western Championships Friday night the Cascades Casino in Langley played host to the WBC Western Championships. When the dust settled, three more B.C. pugilist qualified themselves for the first-ever WBC Canadian championships in July. In the light middleweight (154 pounds) WBC Western Championships, Remy Lavoie from North Burnaby Boxing [...]
Christy Clark started campaign 22 points behind Adrian Dix and NDP The strangest scene of a strange election campaign was the final one: Liberal Leader Christy Clark taking the stage Tuesday night to declare a solid majority victory. Clark’s come-from-behind win astounded many pundits and pollsters, who had the Liberal leader down by 22 points at [...]
Christine Sinclair a powerhouse for Portland Thorns FC, earns Player of the Month honours Burnaby soccer legend and team Canada captain Christine Sinclair continues to be a trailblazer in women’s soccer, now becoming the first-ever Player of the Month in the newly formed National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The NWSL began play in their first [...]
NDP pledge to hike taxes could affect investment, leading to fewer BC jobs BC jobs and investment could be heading for a rough ride over the next few years with a new NDP government, according to figures compiled by a leading Canadian economist. Jack Mintz, head of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, [...]
Christy Clark started campaign 22 points behind Adrian Dix and NDP The strangest scene of a strange election campaign was the final one: Liberal Leader Christy Clark taking the stage Tuesday night to declare a solid majority victory. Clark’s come-from-behind win astounded many pundits and pollsters, who had the Liberal leader down by 22 points at [...]
NDP pledge to hike taxes could affect investment, leading to fewer BC jobs BC jobs and investment could be heading for a rough ride over the next few years with a new NDP government, according to figures compiled by a leading Canadian economist. Jack Mintz, head of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, [...]
Latest poll BC Election 2013 reports 9 point gap in favour of NDP Today’s the last day of advanced polling for BC Election 2013. Tuesday’s election day. Christy Clark’s hell-bent-for-leather campaign to keep her BC Liberals in government has not quite made it. For a while, early last week, it looked as though she’d really made [...]
US newspaper industry lost over one-third print subscribers since 1998 Wendell Cox, Troy Media It has been a difficult time for newspapers. The industry has experienced serious challenges due to multiple factors going back at least to the early 1960s when the three major television U.S. networks began their extensive and widely popular evening news [...]
Wealthy Canadians ordered to pay $22.2 million in back taxes Wealthy Canadians with money stashed overseas have come forward in droves to confess their misdeeds after secret lists began circulating with the names of people apparently evading taxes in foreign banking havens. The Canada Revenue Agency has seen the number of voluntary disclosures of foreign, [...]
Entrepreneurs are not their companies, which sometimes have to fail By Warren Bergen Jody Sherman founded several companies. Some got bought out for modest success and others failed. Ecomom was his last startup. Management and staff tried hard but Ecomom didn’t work and it burned. When Sherman saw no hope for Ecomom, he saw [...]
Small number of fake polymer $100 bills found BC RCMP are warning the public to remain vigilant and check the authenticity of $100 bills, even the new polymer versions, after a number of fake polymer $100 bills have been found in the Lower Mainland. There are a number of security features on the new $100 [...]
BC First Nations economic growth good news for everyone By Roslyn Kunin, Troy Media If it bleeds, it leads. This old media maxim, that it is always the bad news that makes the headlines, is certainly re-enforced with respect to First Nations and the economy in British Columbia. First Nation Threatens to Shut Down Mine [...]
BC First Nations economic growth good news for everyone By Roslyn Kunin, Troy Media If it bleeds, it leads. This old media maxim, that it is always the bad news that makes the headlines, is certainly re-enforced with respect to First Nations and the economy in British Columbia. First Nation Threatens to Shut Down Mine [...]
Same-sex marriage – does love really conquer all? By Douglas Allen ABC’s television show Modern Family is amazing entertainment. It is brilliantly written and acted, and well-deserving of its numerous Emmy and Golden Globe awards. It is also post-modern propaganda. The show is centered around Jay Pritchett and his immediate family members. Jay is a 60-something wealthy [...]
Justin Trudeau still defining himself on the public stage By James Anderson To a great many voters, Justin Trudeau evokes memories of his famous father, a man who ruled Canada for almost 16 tumultuous years, a period during which Canada saw rates of inflation so high that the government felt it necessary to impose wage [...]
Christy Clark setting herself up to lose her own riding in BC Election 2013 Christy Clark’s world is a simple place. She says something borderline outrageous. Her opponent is supposed to rush to the microphones and cameras and say something outrageous in return. That way, Christy Clark ends up looking like the moderate one. Lather, [...]