Taxi, limo, truck drivers in B.C. call for relief from soaring gas costs

Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:28:46 +0000

B.C.’s gas costs are surpassing those of most other Canadian provinces, including oil-rich Alberta, where pumps offering fuel for under $1.50 per litre is becoming rare. Drivers in Newfoundland and Labrador are also seeing the $2-per-litre cost for the very first time.

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Douglas Todd: 'Astonishing' findings on Canadian ethnic groups' earnings and education

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:00:41 +0000

People of South Korean, Chinese and South Asian extraction tend to be the top earners in Canada, broadly speaking. Latin American and Black people are often among the lowest.

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Conversations That Matter: Not working together

Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:05:25 +0000

Canada and its relationship with its Indigenous people has always been a disgraceful disaster. “From the introduction of the Indian Act to now, one disastrous policy after another has pretended to move us toward reconciliation when in fact they have barely moved the needle,” says Bill  Gallagher, the author of Resource Requiem. “We live under […]

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Patricia Mohr: Reducing Canadian economy's carbon footprint will take time and money

Credit to Author: Hardip Johal| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:00:50 +0000

Opinion: Trade surplus on all energy products was $76 billion, helping to offset large chronic deficits on motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, electronic equipment and consumer goods

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