aggregated from: Beyond Robson

I have several friends currently scratching at doors Vancouver-wide looking for work. More literally, they're scratching at computer screens, while employers posting on Craigslist are hit with hundreds of resumes, and can't possibly sort through the ...

topics: score, unemployment

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Market Strength Extends Through 2010BCREA Fall 2009 Housing ForecastBCREA release The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) has just released its Fall 2009 Housing Forecast. BC Multiple Listing Service (MLS ) residential sales are est...

topics: economy, employment, unemployment

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Vancouver police officer cleared in shooting after a 2 year investigation by, you guessed it, Vancouver Police. Not sure if they mentioned it in the article, but the man was bipolar, so...Meanwhile B.C. RCMP officer faces 2nd impaired driving charge ...

topics: investigation, olympics, unemployment

aggregated from: Price Tags

I don t usually do a lot of postings on Vancouver s real-estate market since it s a favoured topic in so many other places. But Tom Durning passed along an interesting post from a Portland blogger who picked up on an interesting anomaly:During this...

topics: density, employment, housing, real-estate, unemployment

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Disgusted. Same old tactic over and over again. I m soooo tired. Bring some creativity to Ottawa guys!EI reform itself doesn t warrant an election. The Liberals MUST bring some fresh AND specific ideas on how they can do a better job on the economy, ...

topics: economy, election, liberal, liberals, nomination

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

The amount of coverage that Martin Crilly s report got surprised me. After all it was not as if he was saying something new, or that anyone was bound to act upon his recommendations. The only substantive issue covered was would he approve next year s...

topics: cope, downtown, political, provincial-government, tax

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].After the election, the BC Liberal government has been facing issue after issue that ques...

topics: bc-rail, burnaby, business, candidate, election

aggregated from: Paying attention

It seemed a reasonable request. The Representative for Children and Youth asked Premier Gordon Campbell and NDP leader Carole James to meet with her on the growing problem of child poverty. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the representative, is worried. Fo...

topics: economy, liberals, ndp, political, premier

aggregated from: Paying attention

Gordon Campbell has discovered that the province's low welfare rates are hurting people and communities.A bit late, in terms of the poverty problem in the province, but still welcome.Or it would be, if there was a clearer sense that the government is...

topics: economy, employment, federal-government, forestry, liberals

aggregated from: Price Tags

David David Godin, with some insightful observations:I m racing across Germany by bullet train en route to Paris and I m in a contemplative mood. As I look out the window at a verdant countryside dotted with windmills I m struck mute at the realisati...

topics: design, skytrain, unemployment