Economy, Law & Politics

The rate of growth in the manufacturing sector was up in both Canada – which saw an eight-month high – and British Columbia in July, according to the results of an RBC survey published August 1.

The British Columbia government signed three agreements with the Nisga’a Nation July 31, building on the treaty with the First Nation group that originally came into effect in May 2000.

Real gross domestic product was up for the fifth month in a row in May with an increase of 0.4%, according to Statistics Canada data released July 31.

The average weekly earnings in British Columbia increased by 2% in the 12 months to May, according to Statistics Canada data released July 31, while wages grew by 2.6% nationwide over the same period.

Canadian investment advisers are optimistic about domestic equities and commodities going into 2014’s third quarter.

The Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership is suing Galaxy Mobile Storage Inc. for allegedly failing to pay for a sponsorship agreement where the company was allowed to bill itself as the “Official Mover of the Vancouver Canucks.”

Weiqing Jane Jin, a lawyer from Beijing who is working in Vancouver, has engaged in illegal insider trading, according to the British Columbia Securities Commission.

The Bank of Nova Scotia, Deutsche Bank and HSBC have been accused of fixing the price of trillions of dollars worth of silver, an allegation similar to earlier suits involving the London gold fix.

What harm can crime committed in the Caribbean possibly cause to the economy here in Canada?

Developer Concord Pacific is heading to court in an attempt to stop the False Creek Residents Association from having the company’s sales centre removed from a piece of property long destined to have a park built on it.