The study suggested that organizations are moving slowly on preventive measures, with just 40 per cent of respondents planning to offer training on cyberattacks.
That’s what some in the industry called the 1990s, when an NDP government presided over a decade-long flight of capital from B.C.’s mining and exploration sectors.
hit $660 million – just $20 million shy of the record $680 million spent in 2012.
That transition, which will require a massive amount of copper, nickel, lithium and rare earths, may be behind what one commodities analysts predicts is a new super cycle for certain metals.
A global economy recovering from a pandemic-induced recession is driving demand for all commodities, and the energy transition is expected to amplify demand for metals that are critical to things like electric car batteries and renewable energy: copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt and rare earths.
In 2019, lower copper prices led Imperial Metals to shut down its Mount Polley copper mine.
Mining accounts for B.C.’s second most valuable export, with metallurgical coal and copper being the most valuable.
In B.C., 21% of mineral exploration spending went to Indigenous-affiliated vendors, according to an AME economic analysis released last week, and 17% of drilling companies are First Nation owned or affiliated.
Since early November, WestJet and budget subsidiary Swoop have cancelled 11,285 trips for March, or 48 per cent.
More cuts may be en route across airlines, as passengers hold off on ticket purchases until closer to the departure date to ensure pandemic measures don’t mar their travel plans.
The companies said Monday that the transaction will provide more low-cost fares for more travelers to destinations in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem will give a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce by video conference on Wednesday.
Spotify must decide where it stands on race relations and vaccine misinformation in a society with heightened sensitivity to both issues.
On race, the choice is between keeping Rogan and sending a message that society has become too “woke” or showing that Spotify is more attuned to a multiracial society, said Adia Harvey Wingfield, a sociology professor at Washington University in St.
“If Spotify says ‘We can’t drop him.
The bottom-line question should be pretty simple for Spotify, said Erik Gordon, a University of Michigan business and law professor.
Spotify reports having 406 million active monthly users, up nearly 20% from last year, and advertising has grown largely because of podcasting.
His comments were clearly racist, Wihbey said, but he hopes that Rogan will see this as a chance to substantively discuss race and vaccine issues in future episodes.
Not even a global pandemic or a 12-year hiatus could stop the Jackass guys at the box office.
It not only exceeded expectations but also easily bested its other main competitors, the big budget sci-fi spectacle “Moonfall” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which has 6 of its 8 weeks in theatres at No.
Playing on 3,604 screens in North America, “Jackass Forever” is on the lower end of “Jackass” openings, above only the first, which made $22.8 million in its opening weekend in 2002.
Lionsgate estimated the film’s opening weekend grosses to be just over $10 million, which was in line with its projections.
“Moonfall” was made and financed independently through Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment and foreign deals and, like many big budget disaster pics of this ilk, is supposed to earn most of its money internationally.
The average selling price in the fourth quarter was $822 per thousand board feet, down from $842 a year earlier, but up from $744 in the third quarter.
Despite the challenges of getting delivery of a new car of any kind, due to the legacy of supply chain problems, the market share of zero emission vehicles in Canada ticked up in 2021 to 5.6%, with B.C.
Hybrid electric vehicles are generally classed as a zero emission vehicles, even though they do burn gasoline to generate electricity, albeit a lot less than an ICE vehicle, since electricity is also produced with regenerative braking.