Economy, Law & Politics

Matt Shillito and Scot Hein — two longtime staff in City of Vancouver’s planning department — have given their notices.

As Canadians are wrapping up their income tax returns for the year, many are finding it's not just the actual tax bills that are taking a chunk out of their wallets.

The income disparity between wealthy Canadians and the rest of the country has grown significantly, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced April 30.

In order to support a family with two children in Vancouver, two parents need to work the equivalent of two minimum wage jobs – each – to meet basic expenses.

B.C. is not in a deflationary mode. Price levels have climbed on a month-to-month basis since December

Province lays ground rules for community amenity contributions, lacks enforcement measures

Restaurants Canada said businesses in certain regions of the country will be hurt by the new federal moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the food services sector.

The federal government has announced an immediate moratorium on food-services businesses’ access to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program.

Parents in British Columbia have some work to do to educate their kids about responsible spending and saving.

Mayor Gregor Robertson’s promise to end “street homelessness” by 2015 appears to be in jeopardy with data released April 23 showing Vancouver now has the largest homeless population in the city’s history.