Why your passwords need to be as ugly as possible — BBB
Is your password difficult to crack? On March 15 is the Better Business Bureau’s Password Day, and they’re encouraging the public to protect themselves from fraud by changing their passwords to be more ugly, thereby making it harder for hackers to solve. Twenty five percent of Canadians changed their passwords less often than...
Opinion: Profit over safety = recipe for disaster
On February 3, a 150-car train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio. Close to half the town’s 4,700 residents had to evacuate as deadly gas and smoke fouled the air and chemicals contaminated waterways. Fortunately, no people were killed (although at least 3,500 fish perished), unlike in the devastating...
BC Family Benefit helps with the cost of living
More than 350,000 families in B.C. will get their second BC Family Benefit boost to help with the cost of living, starting immediately. “Global inflation continues to squeeze household budgets, and paying for essentials like groceries and gas is hard on many families right now,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Finance....
Wildsight applauds fine of Teck Coal Ltd
An environmental group in the East Kootenay, Wildsight, strongly supports a recent fine of Teck Coal Limited for failure to construct a water treatment facility by the required permit data, along with fines for exceedances in selenium and nitrate. Teck Coal Limited was fined $16.5 million by the BC Government. Wildsight, based...
Community Bargaining Association reaches tentative agreement for workers in community health
After almost a year of negotiations the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) reached a tentative agreement on a new collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC) in the early hours of Sunday, January 15 the BC General Employees' Union said in a media release Monday. The BCGEU said ...
COLUMN: Paradigm shift needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss
Despite Canada’s important commitments at the December UN COP15 in Montreal, we’re not halting, let alone reversing, biodiversity loss. More than 5,000 wild species face some risk of extinction, according to the recently released report “The Wild Species 2020: The General Status of Species in Canada.”...
Hybrid and Electric vehicles explained
By Gaoliang Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster Automotive Resource Centre, McMaster University As part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Canada has introduced new regulations to mandate one-fifth of all vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2026. With the price of gasoline being projected to rise again, and...
BC Assessment says homeowners can expect increase in values
The Kootenay Columbia branch off the BC Assessment Authority said in a media release that owners of about 150,000 properties throughout the Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary regions can expect to receive their 2023 assessment notices, which reflect market value as of July 1, 2022. "Most homeowners throughout the...
First permanent delivery-fee cap in Canada will help B.C. ring in new year
Canada’s first permanent cap on fees charged to restaurants by food-delivery companies will go into effect in British Columbia on Jan. 1, 2023, giving restaurant owners more certainty about their costs. “We all have a favourite local restaurant, somewhere we celebrate as families and friends, eat our favourite foods, or get...
Teck Outlines Economic Contributions to Regions including Trail
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) released its annual Economic Contribution Report today, outlining how Teck generated $1.1 billion in total economic contributions to Trail where Teck Trail Operations is located; created or sustained over 3,455 jobs (direct and indirect); and contributed...
