Economy, Law & Politics

Canada's stockpile of ventilators up from 500 to 27K after procurement push

Canada's race to procure ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic had researchers, scientists, industry and a notable astrophysicist working "night and day"to design machines that could be quickly manufactured domestically.

Mar 22, 2023 8:03 AM Read more >

NPA directors ordered to pay $100K in costs to ex-mayor after defamation lawsuit backfired

Judge says defamation claim had substantial merit, but plaintiffs did not prove they were harmed

Mar 22, 2023 7:37 AM Read more >

Who鈥檚 Suing Whom: March 22, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court

Mar 22, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Human rights researcher says overseas police stations part of China鈥檚 'sticks-and-carrots' approach

On Mondays, federal politicians heard testimony about how the Chinese Communist Party uses a 'sticks-and-carrots' approach to promote policies and activities that align with CCP interests and divide CCP critics abroad

Mar 21, 2023 12:43 PM Read more >

Recall David Eby campaign falls far short of goal

The petition was 13,712 short of the minimum number of signatures required to remove the NDP leader from his seat as MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey

Mar 21, 2023 12:37 PM Read more >

Opinion: How Canadians lie 鈥� and how we justify telling untruths

This is the first of three columns that explore Canadians' relationship with the truth, based on polling from Research Co. and Glacier Media

Mar 21, 2023 11:19 AM Read more >

Opinion: We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment

For seven years, Jody Vance鈥檚 world was turned upside down, inside out, scrambled, stalked, shattered and scarred.

Mar 21, 2023 11:18 AM Read more >

Food inflation in Canada shows signs of easing, but grocery prices to remain high

Food inflation appears to be easing in Canada, but experts say shoppers shouldn't expect lower prices at the grocery store. Statistics Canada says the cost of groceries in February rose 10.6 per cent compared with a year before, down from an 11.

Mar 21, 2023 9:54 AM Read more >

In the Courts: Skeena Resources denies former VP鈥檚 toxic workplace allegations

B.C. miner claims Kelly Earle made up and spread allegations about colleagues she didn鈥檛 like

Mar 21, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Why inflation remains persistent in B.C. while cooling in the rest of Canada

Province鈥檚 inflation rate remained unchanged at 6.2% in February, according to Statistics Canada

Mar 21, 2023 7:22 AM Read more >

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