The resource economy you can’t see
How Metro Vancouver became the head office, the trading floor and the export gateway of a resource economy it has stopped recognising—and why the city’s own crest has been telling the story all along.
Less pain at the pumps this summer
Lower oil prices, carbon tax removal, Trans Mountain expansion temper Metro Vancouver gasoline prices
Breaking down the vote
Municipal elections create a new landscape for BC’s natural resource towns as familiar faces are replaced with new voices.
What has the resource economy got to do with filling a tub?
Economists at Vancouver’s Urban Futures Institute discovered that an ordinary bathroom holds the key to understanding the heart of British Columbia.
Metro Vancouver enriched by our smarter, quicker, cleaner and safer resource trade
Our natural-resource firms are big creators of wealth and work that keep B.C.’s economy rolling, finance our education and health services and support thousands of families.
Big city mayors tour BC resource towns
Three Metro Vancouver mayors decided they would drive from Vancouver to Edmonton and along the way visit local communities to learn what makes Canada work. They are passing through major […]