by Doug Cook | Mar 28, 2026
March 28, 2026 MARKING THE FIRST INVESTMENT of its kind in over twenty years, the B.C. government has announced a historic $241 million commitment to the trades training system. “That funding is really going to be transformational to the system and allow us to move...
by Doug Cook | Mar 17, 2026
March 17, 2026 “LET ME BE DIRECT: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition… Canadians know that our old, comfortable assumptions — that our geography and alliance memberships automatically conferred prosperity and security — that assumption is no longer...
by Doug Cook | Mar 17, 2026
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by Doug Cook | Mar 8, 2026
March 8, 2026 IF YOU STOOD AT THE TIP of False Creek in 1981 and looked out over the water, the sight would be nearly unrecognizable compared to today. Downtown would still be there, but key pieces of today’s iconic skyline would be missing — chief among them, a...
by Doug Cook | Feb 6, 2026
February 6, 2026 ON A DRIZZLY WINTER MORNING in 2005, Raul Aguilar balanced on the edge of a high-rise, a suction cup gripped to the pane of glass he was lowering into place. He was 19 years old and a recent immigrant from the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. New to the...
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