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Peer to Peer: Carefully assess your options and prospects before seeking a business loan for your company

Peer to Peer: Carefully assess your options and prospects before seeking a business loan for your company

QUESTION | What are some of the most important considerations I need to make before taking out a loan for my business? CHRIS CATLIFF | President and CEO, BlueShore Financial Building a financial strategy can be stressful and sometimes confusing for b
B.C. stable as insolvencies rise across Canada for first time since recession: CIBC

B.C. stable as insolvencies rise across Canada for first time since recession: CIBC

Canada’s insolvency rate has risen for the first time since the recession, according to a report released Tuesday (May 19) from CIBC Economics. Insolvencies across the nation rose by 1.
Editorial: Alberta orange crush could refresh B.C.

Editorial: Alberta orange crush could refresh B.C.

The orange tide that crested in Alberta on May 5 might lift B.C. to the forefront of Western Canada’s growing economic prominence.
Insider trading, May 19, 2015

Insider trading, May 19, 2015

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 May 13, 2015. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
Profile of Roger William, chief, Xeni Gwet'in First Nation

Profile of Roger William, chief, Xeni Gwet'in First Nation

Tsilhqot’in chief led his people to a landmark aboriginal rights victory
Canadian businesses and the wealthy already pay enough taxes

Canadian businesses and the wealthy already pay enough taxes

Only 9% of the Canadians who filed tax returns in 2011 made more than $100,000, but they paid more than...
Off the books and under securities commission scrutiny (Updated)

Off the books and under securities commission scrutiny (Updated)

Former CEO of Chlormet Technologies, Silver Sun Resource Corp. used offshore holding company to make undisclosed insider trades
Facebook the new face of news; Apple to own Athens?; Microsoft swimming with the goldfish

Facebook the new face of news; Apple to own Athens?; Microsoft swimming with the goldfish

Managing editor Timothy Renshaw on the news that caught his eye this week
Early stage startups ‘starving’ for dollars as venture capital summit hits Vancouver

Early stage startups ‘starving’ for dollars as venture capital summit hits Vancouver

B.C.’s tech sector is no doubt punching above its weight when it comes to the amount of venture capital it’s attracting, according to Valerie Mann.
Vancouver set to have one of the country’s fastest-growing economies in 2015

Vancouver set to have one of the country’s fastest-growing economies in 2015

While Edmonton and Calgary face a recession in 2015 due to the crash in crude prices, Vancouver’s economy is expected to...