Economy, Law & Politics

Strong consumer demand continued into April in B.C., with further gains in retail sales. While a strong cyclical uptrend remained, dollar-volume sales growth decelerated to 0.3%, with $6.84 billion in sales. This was below the national increase of 0.

B.C. to have a minority NDP government following defeat of Liberals on confidence vote

NDP-Greens had the numbers to unseat Liberal government; do they have the numbers to govern?

The proposals set out in the BC Liberal Speech from the Throne June 22 are popular with British Columbians, but many residents doubt the current government would actually implement them, according to an Insights West poll released June 29.

In a made-in-Canada David-and-Goliath story, a Vancouver industrial automation technology company has scored a major victory against search engine giant Google.

B.C. surplus $1.3 billion higher than expected, thanks to GDP growth of 3.7%: de Jong

Businesses across the Lower Mainland report feeling “anxious” about the minority government the way it stands in British Columbia, according to the results of a new Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) survey.

The first day of debate in the B.C. legislature under a hung parliament produced the strange spectacle of an NDP government-in-waiting and their Green allies voting down policies they favour.

The broker opens offices in Australia, New Zealand

As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, BIV looks back at a century and a half of economic milestones that have shaped commerce in the province since Confederation