Economy, Law & Politics

City hall is launching a project to streamline its processes for handling applications for licences and permits.

It is International Women's Day today, March 8 – an opportunity to bring the challenges women face in the workplace to the fore.

Unemployment in British Columbia in February was 6.3%, unchanged from the previous month, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

Vancity announced March 6 that it posted $93 million in 2012 earnings on $423 million in revenue. That compares with a $131 million profit on $411.4 million in revenue in 2011.

British Columbians over 65 years old have an average of $51,636 in household debt – almost 9% higher than the average debt held by seniors nationwide of $47,549, according to a recent TD Economics report.

Coast Capital Savings, B.C.'s second-largest credit union, announced yesterday that its annual profit rose 17% to a record $72.4 million in 2012.

Engineers struggle with century-old legislation to protect IP rights

Despite the fact that Canada is a trading nation and that better access to foreign markets is one of the most powerful ways of raising our own standard of living, we have not concluded a trade agreement with a major economy since NAFTA in 1994

The value of Interac debit card losses relating to fraud has fallen dramatically since 2009 and is now at the lowest level since 2003, Interac announced this morning.

Cascade Law Corp. is suing its former client Kevin Stone and Metal Animation Studio Inc. for a slice of the $168,000 sale price for a stainless steel eagle sculpture, which has a wingspan of 31 feet.