Opinion News

'Our people were terrorized': Coastal GasLink releases new details, images of attack on worksite

The company building the Coastal GasLink pipeline across Northern B.C. has released new images and details about a violent attack on a worksite near Houston.

Feb 22, 2022 2:57 PM Read more >

OPINION: Government red tape strangles Red Seal training

The following op-ed by Chris Gardner examines the February 14 trades announcement by the B.C. NDP Government.

Feb 16, 2022 7:15 AM Read more >

OPINION: Sorry, Dr. Bonnie, but we’ve got to let ‘er rip

After two years of cowering under pandemic restrictions it is time to change direction and face this thing head-on

Feb 1, 2022 12:02 PM Read more >

OPINION: Leveraging land into income-producing real estate

Investing in specific land can be a great way of protecting oneself against inflation and devaluing of cash

Jan 31, 2022 7:33 AM Read more >

OPINION: Vacant office towers could become vertical farms

Could acres of empty office space in Canada, particularly in Alberta, be reinvented as vertical farms? Edmonton-based associate commercial broker Bronwyn Scrivens explores the concept.

Jan 20, 2022 5:08 PM Read more >

CRE OUTLOOK 2022: REITs solid for selective investors in 2022

A US$379.4 billion ‘wall of capital’ is competing for returns in global real estate markets and real estate investment trusts are the preferred route for institutional investors

Dec 29, 2021 9:15 AM Read more >

CRE OUTLOOK 2022: A banner year coming, despite some bruises

If you walk around downtown Vancouver it feels like things are back to normal. But inside many office towers, it’s different, with floor upon empty floor

Dec 28, 2021 8:52 AM Read more >

OPINION: Vancouver’s industrial market is being strangled

Recent floods have shown Vancouver’s supply chain is too dependent on centralized distribution – we need to expand industrial space to outlier centres

Dec 8, 2021 7:14 AM Read more >

OPINION: Sell your industrial and retail real estate right now

Veteran Saskatchewan broker says this is the time to cash out of industrial and commercial retail assets

Dec 3, 2021 10:02 AM Read more >

Cities with highest home prices have lowest birth rate

Coincidence? Victoria leads nation with lowest births in Canada, but Vancouver and Kelowna also edging close to a near-childless population; immigration now the sole source of population growth

Nov 21, 2021 1:32 PM Read more >