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New Solar Research Raises Climate Questions, Triggers Attacks

Recent research by Professor Valentina Zharkova (Northumbria University) and colleagues has shed new light on the inner workings of the Sun. If correct, this...

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Not Shrunk in 100 Years | Scott and Shackleton Logbooks Prove

Antarctic sea ice had barely changed from where it was 100 years ago, scientists have discovered, after poring over the logbooks of great polar...

FICOM Staff Shortage Handicaps Oversight of B.C. Credit Unions, Auditor General Says

B.C.’s auditor general has warned the province’s oversight agency for credit unions is handicapped by an acute staff shortage. On Thursday, Auditor General Carol Bellringer...

New Regulations for Mortgage Brokers Give Borrowers a Fuller Picture on Loans

B.C.’s Ministry of Finance will introduce tougher guidelines for the approximately 3,400 registered mortgage brokers it oversees in the province. Brokers will have to disclose...

Did FICOM Overreach?

Under its Mortgage Broker Conflict of Interest Guidelines, FICOM is trying to force networks to disclose all bonuses. But does the regulator have that...