Mining companies face heated opposition to B.C. projects
Central British Columbia turns up the heat on the mining industry.
Tag Archives: Business & Economy
In more than a decade of journalism, my reporting has frequently focused on businesses, economics, fiscal policy, and corporate responsibility.
From highlighting innovation and best-practices in the environment or community, to investigating corporate misconduct or shareholder concerns, my work has been published in The Tyee, THIS Magazine, Briarpatch, Vancouver Observer, Gulf Islands Driftwood, and more.
Below are some samples from my business and economy portfolio.
Peggy Nash nets NDP’s ‘top endorsement’ as Layton’s finance critic
2011 NDP race: Largely overlooked, leadership hopeful Peggy Nash goes deep in a wide-ranging VO exclusive interview.
Gap between Canada’s rich and poor widening dramatically
Does a rising tide lift all boats? Canada’s wealth gap becoming a chasm, says OECD
Controversial Prosperity mine blocked by B.C. Supreme Court judge
After First Nations blockades, a controversial copper and gold mine faces a new hurdle: a judge.
Gabor Maté: ‘Organized insanity’ for doctors to ignore health, poverty link
Can social inequity cause sickness? Vancouver’s Dr. Gabor Maté thinks so.
Housing activists take over Hastings condo site
Paris Annex condos got some unexpected occupants today.
#VanElxn: Systemic dysfunction and addiction to campaign financing
With 3 days left until the election, The Left Coast Post catches up with Randy Helten and Nicole Benson of Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver. Spoilers or prophets? You decide
Occupy Vancouver affordable housing march decries rising prices, condominium developers
Nearly 150 demonstrators from Occupy Vancouver held a protest for affordable housing Saturday, protesting upscale developments they said are causing rising prices
What are Occupy Vancouver’s demands?
With many issues on display, one of the struggles for observers is understanding Occupy Vancouver’s actual demands. In fact, there are none — and some don’t see that as a problem
Occupy Vancouver protesters target financial institutions with ‘run on the banks’
Demonstrators — buoyed by David Suzuki’s support for the Occupy movement — march against Canadian financial institutions, culminating in a boisterous take-over of a bank
David P Ball 