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This is a chance to work in the best conditions possible. In your sweat pants, on your couch.

A steep drop in tourist visits will hit hard, in particular, Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan hard

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If you’re new to the area, you might well think the majority of the drivers here are drunk as they make sudden swerving motions. Anyone paying attention, however, may well have noticed the abundance of potholes. They’re not just on side streets either even the highways are covered with them. There are even a few complaints going around online of popping tires on them.

A year ago, my life changed for the better. It began with a move across the country to a small town, presumably in the middle of nowhere, called 100 Mile House. If I were to reflect on the past, that has got to be the most courageous thing I have ever done, besides jumping out of a plane, willingly. Not only am I proud of that but grateful. This past year in 100 Mile has been one of the most memorable years that I will never forget.

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

Very few people go around cheering when their neighbour’s house catches fire yet, increasingly, that’s what seems to be happening in the ever ongoing issues surrounding oil and pipelines. As protests continue, the rhetoric is being dialled to 11 with less and less sympathy for others.