Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. employment softened in May, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey estimates. Fewer full-time positions drove a 0.5%, or 12,000-person, dip in total employment from April, entirely attributed to a decline in Metro Vancouver.

Senators voted 52-29, with two abstentions, to pass the Cannabis Act on June 19

Initial momentum for overseas business relationship has slowed to a near standstill

Job losses, an escalating trade war the likely fallout from levies on Canada’s auto industry

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended June 13, 2018. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Shane Allen, an investor in Vancouver’s first licensed cannabis dispensary, is suing Wealthshop Retail Ltd. and others, claiming loans and investments haven’t been paid back after original directors were allegedly forced out “through the use of intimidation and threats of violence.”

House of Commons voted 205-82 to accept government’s rejection of 13 Senate amendments

Investors who the B.C. Securities Commission says were defrauded by two former Burnaby residents are set to collect some of their lost money. Once given court approval, a total of US$3.

How do mutual funds differ from stocks? How many different types are there? This infographic answers those questions and traces the history of mutual funds from the 1700s until today.

The average Canadian household had $1.68 in debt for every dollar of disposable income at the end of 2018’s first quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada.