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Day: February 24, 2014

North Shore amalgamation is but a dream

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – February 14, 2014 North Vancouver City Coun. Guy Heywood and North Vancouver District Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn are pressing for unity of the three North Shore municipalities. Enlightened. Logical. Sensible. Won’t happen. The Three Jealous Sisters would never agree. If they somehow did, I’d propose that name for the…

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Banking on the business of love in B.C.

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Trevor

Appeared in Business in Vancouver – February 11, 2014 Love – hold on, don’t flip that page and go back to the serious stuff of business! Staring at the yo-yo of stock prices. Sweating whether the descending dollar will be good or bad for your sales. Because love is business (especially on Valentine’s Day, honouring…

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Fresh thinking needed in West Vancouver’s Ambleside

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Trevor

Appeared in the North Shore News – January 31, 2014 Are Ambleside and other West Vancouver merchants doing enough to fight back at Park Royal, the behemoth on their doorstep? Pay attention to the idea of Leslie Plommer, who is both an insider and outsider: Born in West Vancouver and still closely in touch, she…

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Wrangling with investment realities of RRSPs and RRIFs

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Trevor

Appeared in Business in Vancouver – January 28, 2014 It’s RRSP season. The Coles Notes version of what follows is that I’m less decisive than ever about applauding – one-hand clapping – the Registered Retirement Savings Plan. Here’s my own RRSP/RRIF scorecard: 16 equities and equity funds, 10 winners, six losers (Penn West Petroleum, big…

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