by Doug Cook | Oct 18, 2024
October 18, 2024 VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL recently approved a directive to reinstate natural gas as an option for heating and hot water in new home construction. This reverses its January 2022 policy that mandated only low-emission electric units for space and hot water...
by Doug Cook | Oct 17, 2024
October 17, 2024 IN KATE LISCHERON’S HOMETOWN of Cobble Hill, B.C., most people have to leave to find work. Whether they’re heading to Alberta’s oil fields, getting sent to big projects in Northern B.C. or commuting to Nanaimo or Victoria, she says it’s rare for folks...
by Doug Cook | Oct 15, 2024
October 15, 2024 GORDON MCINTOSH CRASHED INTO WELDING — almost literally. McIntosh was in his early 20s and working a “dead-end” job at an auto parts warehouse with only ten-cent annual raises on his horizon, when he rear-ended another vehicle, punching a hole in his...
by Doug Cook | Oct 10, 2024
October 10, 2024 THE ELECTION RACE BETWEEN B.C.’s political parties is heating up with Premier David Eby seeking re-election on October 19th. He is leading the BC NDP against BC United and leader Kevin Falcon, the Conservative Party of BC and leader John Rustad, and...
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