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True value
B.C.'s new municipal auditor general announced this week the first projects that will be examined by her office.
Evaluating the BC Liberal government
This analysis deals not with the platform but with the more instructive past performance. If I vote Liberal on May 14, it'll be for these reasons:
Do B.C. a favour - modernize PST
My husband and I just finished powering through the first season of House of Cards on Netflix. Watching the power-hungry Machiavellian main character, Congressman Frank Underwood, wheel and deal as he seeks to get ahead is entertaining.
We can't afford another holiday
Editor, the Times: -- B.C.'s first Family Day holiday has come and gone.
Bonney heads to new position
Brian Bonney has worn many hats both in the corporate and political realms.
Three cheers for red tape
Few claims by budding or existing politicians carry a gloss as cloyingly agreeable as "I want to cut red tape."
Week focuses on red tape
Every small business owner knows how difficult it can be to make a profit, especially when there's government red tape involved.
Solid hiring climate expected
Delta and Richmond area employers are expecting a solid hiring climate for the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook survey.
Cities must stop overspending
"Infrastructure deficit" has become the established buzzword from municipal leaders who want more money from senior levels of government - either in the form of new taxing power or more transfers.
Keep unions accessible
Matthew Enns, a former intern for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, recently wrote to this paper condemning the call to make it safer for workers to join a union (re: Secret ballots should stay, Letters to the Editor, The Record, Sept. 14).
Checking e-mail on vacation is not healthy
Now that the weather is finally co-operating, it's time to take a vacation. Or is it? Many people think they are too busy to take a real vacation - one where the smartphone stays at home and work is truly turned off for days at a time.
Business optimism on the decline, says CFIB report
The B.C. Trucking Association recently announced its newly elected executive committee and board of directors.
Businesses struggle with high tax bills
AS the property tax deadline looms on Tuesday, at least one North Vancouver business owner says her tax increases have become unacceptably high.
Small business has huge impact
How would you feel if you were paying two, three, four, even five times as much property tax as your next-door neighbour, and yet not getting the same amount of services?
Small business has a huge impact
How would you feel if you were paying two, three, four, even five times as much property tax as your next-door neighbour, and yet not getting the same amount of services?
Huntington's stance takes courage
On May 29, the B.C. legislature debated Bill 53, enabling the creation of B.C.'s new Family Day holiday. While many are happily anticipating the arrival of an extra holiday next February, little has been said about the costs that will be borne by B.C.'s small business sector.
West Van business tax rates criticized
A West Vancouver commercial property owner says businesses in West Vancouver are paying more than their fair share of the district's tax burden.
