The traditional summer job is threatened by misguided migration policy
Douglas Todd: Ottawa has exponentially hiked the number of low-wage migrants it brings into the country, creating more competition for job-seeking young people. The search for a summer job is a rite of passage. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Subscribe now to read the latest news in […]
B.C. climate news: China races to build world’s largest solar farm
Here’s all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Aug. 18 to Aug. 24, 2025. Here’s the latest news concerning climate change and biodiversity loss in B.C. and around the world, from the steps leaders are taking to address the problems, to all the up-to-date science. Subscribe now to […]
B.C.’s housing crisis inspires flights of fiction and witty fantasy
Douglas Todd: The country’s housing emergency is so powerful, distorted and puzzling that many are prone to say, “You couldn’t make this up.” But some B.C. writers are doing just that, through intrepid works of fiction. An untold number of works have been written about Canada’s housing crisis, especially regarding the Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto […]
Duelling B.C. letters to Mark Carney on housing expose stark clashes
Douglas Todd: A conflict over foreign investment in Canadian housing is just one contrast that comes to the fore in two open letters to the PM, one from B.C. developers and another from 27 Metro Vancouver housing experts. A clash of values is on stark display in two different letters that B.C. property developers and […]