Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. retailers saw modest positive momentum heading into 2020 with retail spending at bricks-and-mortar stores up 0.1% in December to $7.26 billion. This followed a 1.4% increase in November. Year-over-year, sales were up a mild 1.

B.C. has a new case of the COVID-19 virus infection, and the first that has rendered its carrier in critical condition locally. The latest case brings the total number of COVID-19 positives in B.C.

The coronavirus continues to rear its head in the economy, prompting the Bank of Canada to cut key interest rates by half a percentage point.

B.C. health officials ended March 3 with an announcement that there are now 12 cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. In the morning of March 3, they announced the province's ninth case .

Vasant Patel is alleged to have lied to mutual fund regulators who investigated his role in the Murrayville House condo marketing scheme

Patient is in isolation at home in the Fraser Health region

Port workers’ hours drop; B.C. exports fall by $30 million a day in wake of protests

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended February 26, 2020. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Younger adults unsure on how to handle identity theft

A media report from London appears to show documents that indicate Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. violated U.S. sanctions on Iran - a charge central to the arrest and requested extradition of company CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver.