Economy, Law & Politics

As debt grows to record levels in Canada, the financial powers-that-be have paradoxically urged Canadians to take control of their finances. We need to do a better job of controlling our spending. Pay down our debt. Build up our rainy day funds. Save more for our retirement.

Brewery owners upset over rules that treat wineries differently

New rules to significantly increase transparency in lobbying have been proposed by B.C.'s registrar of lobbyists.

The provincial economy is expected to continue to grow modestly this year and next year, according to updated forecasts from private-sector economic experts who advise the B.C. government, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced yesterday at the Vancouver Board of Trade.

BC Conservative Party leader John Cummins and BC NDP leader Adrian Dix will be speaking at an all-party event tomorrow morning to save the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station from imminent closure.

Three B.C. residents and their companies committed fraud when they continued to sell shares in a Vancouver Island investment while the property was in foreclosure, the BC Securities Commission (BCSC) alleges.

B.C. Auditor General John Doyle will take a closer look at the costs of the controversial BC Place Stadium renovation, it was revealed January 18.

The City of Vancouver has signed a four-year collective agreement with its 1,600 unionized outside workers, who will receive 6.75% in wage increases over four years.

Mayor Gregor Robertson has divested himself from the company he co-founded, city hall annual financial disclosure statements revealed yesterday.

The government can hardly be faulted for wanting to break with the old paternalistic model of massive but poorly conceived spending, passively received