Economy, Law & Politics

Province’s exports to Alberta are more valuable than B.C.’s exports to China, business council says

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 7, 2018. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Commercial artist Kim Hunter is suing the British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC), claiming the company used an image of a maple leaf she created on a scratch-and-win lottery ticket without her permission.

Canada Revenue Agency’s pursuit of stock promoter put Corporate House on federal radar years before Panama Papers leak, documents reveal

Job losses in Ontario attributed to people leaving the labour force

Canadian job growth made a hard U-turn in January. B.C. lost 5,100 jobs in the first month of the year while the country saw 88,800 jobs disappear during that same period, according to data released February 9 from Statistics Canada.

“I think there’s a very good chance we could see another quarter-point move in March,” says Central 1 Credit Union's Helmut Patrick

British Columbia will follow in the footsteps of both Alberta and Ontario in implementing a plan to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 per hour, the provincial government announced February 8. Currently, B.C.’s minimum wage is $11.35 an hour.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan has pledged to stand up for vineyards on Vancouver Island and across the province but has rejected the idea of retaliating against Alberta over its boycott of B.C. wines.

Halting imports of B.C. wines the latest salvo in escalating trade war between B.C., Alberta over pipeline