SOS: STATISTICS CANADA REPORT DOESN’T CAPTURE FULL PICTURE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN B.C.
Shoplifting up 66 per cent over past decade. Too many people see little value in reporting crimes BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following Statistics Canada’s release of police-reported crime statistics for...
EDITORIAL: OTTAWA’S POLITICAL POSTURING DRIVES UP COFFEE PRICES 19 PER CENT
OTTAWA - Canadians are paying 19 per cent more for ground coffee this year—and it’s not because of global supply issues. It’s because of a self-inflicted policy mistake: a 25 per cent tariff imposed...
PORT HARDY TO SEE 27 NEW HOMES
PORT HARDY - The federal government has announced funding in excess of $11.1 million for the Urban Village in Port Hardy, in an effort to address the need for safe, affordable, and culturally...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS JULY 23, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND Cermaq, a multinational salmon farming behemoth, paid 10.2 billion kroner (about $990 million) to acquire Grieg Seafood's operations in...
ICBA ECONOMICS: EBY’S WRECKING BALL
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The following op-ed, co-written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on July 21, 2025. In just a...
EDITORIAL: TOP 20% OF CANADIAN INCOME-EARNING FAMILIES PAY 57% OF ALL TAXES
OTTAWA - The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (56.9 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and property taxes, according to a new study published by...
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