Economy, Law & Politics

Canada’s social and economic fabric is being damaged and worthy natural resource projects are being delayed because of the work of social licence ‘radicals,’ Brian Lee Crowley told chambers of commerce in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John this week.

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

B.C. payroll earnings and employment estimates bounced back in September following deceleration in August. Average weekly earnings growth in B.C. outpaced the national performance in September with a monthly increase of 1.3% to $914.59, marking a 1.

Construction is expected to help push provincial growth over the 3% mark in 2016 and 2017

Online editor Emma Crawford Hampel on the news of the week

Vancouver’s unemployment rate lower than in Calgary and Toronto

By Peter Ladner Amid all the excitement about the Christmas bounty of infrastructure spending coming at us from our deficit-happy new federal government, it’s a good time to ask how we got ourselves into this infrastructure hole.

B.C. liquor store workers want to deck their shelves with legalized recreational pot in time for Christmas 2016.

Vancouver philanthropists assess impact of Facebook founder's generosity

As expected by analysts, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has once again held...