PROVINCE OFFERING FREE STANDARDIZED DESIGNS FOR HOUSING
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province of BC is now offering standardized designs for people building small-scale, multi-unit housing to enable time and cost savings. Most of the 10 designs are based on...
BUILDING THE FUTURE: UNLOCKING THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF BC’S HOUSING SECTOR
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Despite recent government attempts to address BC's ongoing housing crisis, a new economic report from the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) indicates that even the current,...
STICKER SHOCK: THE RISING PRICE OF EVERYTHING IN B.C.
Written By David Williams BRITISH COLUMBIA –British Columbians are worried about the rising cost of living, and rightly so. For example, in a May 24-30 poll of 1,203 British Columbians by Angus...
BANK OF CANADA REDUCES POLICY RATE BY 25 BASIS POINTS TO 4¼%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¼%, with the Bank Rate at 4½% and the deposit rate at 4¼%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet...
B.C.’S NEW STUDENT ‘ASSESSMENTS’ VASTLY INFERIOR TO PREVIOUS EXAMS IN MEASURING STUDENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia government’s new student “assessments” in high schools are much less valuable and useful than the previous exams in measuring student and school performance,...
OPINION: FALCON’S FLIGHT GOOD REASON FOR NDP FRIGHT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Now that’s leadership. Kevin Falcon’s surprise decision to suspend the BC United campaign and throw his weight behind John Rustad’s upstart BC Conservatives not only gives British...
