Economy, Law & Politics

Manufacturing sales in B.C. rebounded in January to stay within the elevated range observed since October. Shipments reached a seasonally adjusted estimate of $3.51 billion – a 3.3% increase from December, with unadjusted sales up nearly 6% from year-ago levels.

The Tasty Grape Wine Store and owner Cindy Holland are suing the British Columbia Wine Institute for allegedly unreasonably denying an application to sell the BC Vintner's Quality Wine Store to Liquor Barn.

Scotiabank has rebranded its ING Direct Canada unit as Tangerine, as part of its agreement to buy the bank from Netherlands-based ING Group for $3.1 billion in late 2012.

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 April 2. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

British Columbians are falling behind compared with other provinces, and compared with ourselves just five years ago. This lack of competitiveness will continue to hurt our economy

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is upset over the province's latest sale of Crown land in Burnaby, as the city was in talks to buy the property but was later cut out of the deal.

Unemployment levels in British Columbia went down significantly between February and March following more than a year and a half of little job growth, according to Statistics Canada.

Luck has run out for some workers at the British Columbia Lottery Corporation workers as the gaming organization cuts jobs and slashes operating costs.

There are 86 residents in Canada who control the same amount of wealth as more than 12 million other Canadians, according to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report, Outrageous Fortune, released April 3.

Merchandise exports were up 3.6% in February, according to Statistics Canada data released April 3.