I have been thinking about the kind of day that is almost impossible to defend in a culture obsessed with improvement.
You wake without an alarm. You drink coffee slowly. You water something, read twenty pages, sit in the afternoon...
Some people are very easy to choose.
They look good in a room. They remember birthdays, ask the second question and know what to say when somebody’s life comes apart. They are pleasant to be around, useful in a crisis...
A friend of mine is the finest conversationalist I know, on the strict condition that there are exactly two of us.
Over coffee she’ll take a half-formed thought of mine, turn it over, find the crack in it and hand...
The Province wants to dramatically expand electric charging infrastructure over the next decade while simultaneously hoping to conserve energy.
Since 2016, the Government of Canada has allocated more than $1 billion in funding to support the deployment of electric vehicle...
There is a particular kind of house that looks ready for everyone except the person who lives there.
The wardrobe contains clothes for a body, job or social life that belonged to another decade. The good china waits behind glass...
On the first Monday after retirement, the alarm does not ring. Nobody asks whether the train was delayed. No colleague looks towards the door at 9:07 and says, “There you are.”
The missing salary and title are obvious enough to...
Picture a single banknote with the number 100,000,000,000,000 printed on it. That was the Z$100 trillion note. The Smithsonian describes it as one of the world’s largest denominations of currency. It was worth about US$33 on the black market...
There is a particular kind of phone call many adult children know. You ask an older parent how they are managing, and the answer arrives too quickly: “Fine.” Later, you discover the broken tap has been leaking for a...
Vancouver is gaining a new enterprise AI engineering hub as Infiligence expands its presence in North America.
The AI-native platform engineering company has launched a Forward Deployed Engineering Center of Excellence in Richmond.
The centre will support North American organizations working...
Built in B.C. | Building B.C.
A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation.
Victoria-based clean technology company Mostar Labs is working to address a persistent challenge facing remote coastal operations: access...
