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The B.C. Liberal government introduced legislation Thursday to create a municipal auditor general (AGLG) office in Surrey.

B.C.’s economy will grow 2.6% this year and 2.5% in 2012, according to a Conference Board of Canada forecast released this morning.

Despite economic woes in the U.S., Canadian firms are making merger and acquisition history in 2011 by acquiring more companies south of the border than vice versa, according to a PwC report released this morning.

Economic uncertainty will restrain growth in Canada’s consumer-dependent industries such as retail, food and travel, according to a five-year projection released this morning by the Conference Board of Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Vancouver-based Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. has agreed to buy Belleville, Ontario’s Quinte Gardens retirement home for $70.5 million, the company announced November 23.

Four former Vancouver mayors are urging all elected officials to join a movement to liberalize marijuana laws.

Business productivity in B.C. rose at a faster clip in 2010 than in 2009, Statistics Canada reported November 23.

A report commissioned by the Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre (VHFC) has dismissed safety concerns raised by Harbour Air over Ledcor Group’s new floatplane terminal in Coal Harbour.

Tourism Vancouver has hired Vancouver-based Think Social Media to adapt Think’s SuperBowl social media campaign to drum up excitement around the Grey Cup .

Canadian entrepreneurs view the country as a positive place for business startups – and are putting their money where their mouths are, according to an Ernst & Young report released this morning.