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New downtown buildings include less parking per square foot than a generation ago; free parking becomes metered and metered is eliminated

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company Insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending February 9. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

B.C. is anticipating its new budget at approximately 3 p.m. today. when Finance Minister Kevin Falcon is slated to deliver his budget speech to the legislature.

According to Statistics Canada , retail sales across the country edged down 0.2% in December to $38.6 billion, following four consecutive monthly increases. The downward trend was attributed to lower sales in five provinces in December, including B.

B.C. Lottery Corp. (BCLC) said Tuesday it's spending $109 million to replace its gaming management system (GMS) by 2015, the brain that helps operate its casinos and gaming systems.

B.C.'s consumer prices climbed 1.7% in the 12 months to January, lagging a national rise of 2.5%, according to Statistics Canada . B.C's year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) rise was second lowest in the country after Iqualuit.

B.C.'s economy has cooled and will likely cool further this year, according to a report released this morning by BMO Capital Markets Economics and BMO Commercial Banking . The BMO Blue Book states that B.C. likely posted 2.

City of Vancouver council approved a $255 million capital budget at its February 14 meeting. Transportation and public works make up the largest part of the capital budget at $52 million and $81.9 million respectively.

The steel supplier to BC Place stadium Canam Group (TSX:CAM), which is involved in a lawsuit over the stadium renovation, reported a $32.5 million loss in its 2011 fourth-quarter results Wednesday. Quebec-based Canam, which had a $1.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company Insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending February 2. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.