Economy, Law & Politics

Municipal leaders are slamming a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report that criticizes city spending levels.

Seventeen B.C. cities, towns and regional districts will soon be audited by the Auditor General for Local Governments (AGLG), the B.C. government announced yesterday.

The Liquor Distribution Branch is shopping for a supply chain and logistics management expert, three months after Liquor Minister Rich Coleman announced LDB would be looking for a new warehouse.

Acting auditor general Russ Jones officially assumed his new post this week, taking over from B.C.'s previous auditor general John Doyle, who left the post earlier this month and returned to Australia.

Thanks to the $109 million sale of its downtown Vancouver mail processing plant, the Canada Post Group of Companies posted a $51 million pre-tax profit in 2013's first quarter, the company announced this morning.

Nearly 2,000 politicians from across Canada will converge on the Vancouver Convention Centre later this week for the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference.

Although it posted a $20 million 2013 first-quarter profit, Central 1 Credit Union is down 35% from its $31 million in 2012’s first quarter.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending May 22. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

As part of its annual general meeting and conference held last weekend in Nanaimo, the BC Chamber of Commerce awarded local chambers from across the province with its Chamber of the Year Award.

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