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Alberta to be a punching bag for Clark

Alberta to be a punching bag for Clark

That gratuitous shot that Premier Christy Clark's throne speech took at Alberta's fiscal mismanagement ricocheted around the B.C. and Alberta governments Wednesday. And while there were a lot of wide-eyed, innocent denials in B.C.
No more Moore

No more Moore

The story that just won't die (or just keeps giving as we say in our business) is the ongoing saga surrounding the appointment of James Moore as the next chancellor at UNBC.
Love is literally in the air

Love is literally in the air

Since this Sunday is Valentine's Day, I thought love might be a suitable topic. After all, love is all around us. Literally. Scientists have spent a lot of time studying love from a scientific point of view.
Hiatus offers fresh insight

Hiatus offers fresh insight

Hello, it's me, I was wondering, if after all these months, you'd like to read my business column once again? I thought it fitting to begin the first column I've written in 15 months by playing on Adele's lyrics.
Valentine’s Day gifts with horsepower

Valentine’s Day gifts with horsepower

As Valentine's Day approaches, many of us are scrambling to find the perfect present for that special someone.
Wrong way to do right thing

Wrong way to do right thing

Rightfully so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been taking a beating from the Conservatives and military supporters for sticking to his campaign promise to end Canada's active involvement in the aerial campaign against the Islamic State.
Volatility in the food market

Volatility in the food market

Unless you are living in a bunker or under a rock, you have no doubt heard the news of rising food prices across Canada, but are rising food prices really a bad thing? The rise in food prices are due to the volatile market of oil prices, which is tie
Trade deals haven’t benefited Canadians

Trade deals haven’t benefited Canadians

When the Government of John Diefenbaker abandoned the Avro Arrow, which some say would have been the best fighter jet ever built, it signaled that Canada was not going to be a leader in research and development.
Struggling businesses have many pressures

Struggling businesses have many pressures

Everyone thinks that owning a business is the ticket to the easy life, happiness, and fortune. However rarely is it all that easy. Every business has times in its lifecycle where it isn't profitable.
Once the smoke clears

Once the smoke clears

It was a mixed blessing each time my sixth grade teacher called me to the back of the room to run an errand for him - the same errand every time and the same reward.