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Geoff Meggs quits city council to work for John Horgan

Geoff Meggs quits city council to work for John Horgan

Byelection will need to be held to fill Meggs' vacancy
Surrey woos companies with pro-business formula

Surrey woos companies with pro-business formula

City pressing permitting, property advantages to lure major players
Insider trading: July 4, 2017

Insider trading: July 4, 2017

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 June 28, 2017. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
Musqueam’s YVR pact could be native partnership template

Musqueam’s YVR pact could be native partnership template

Port of Vancouver also operates on land that is traditional aboriginal territory
Consumer demand driving sales growth

Consumer demand driving sales growth

Strong consumer demand continued into April in B.C., with further gains in retail sales. While a strong cyclical uptrend remained, dollar-volume sales growth decelerated to 0.3%, with $6.84 billion in sales. This was below the national increase of 0.
NDP given assent to form government

NDP given assent to form government

B.C. to have a minority NDP government following defeat of Liberals on confidence vote
BC Liberal government toppled

BC Liberal government toppled

NDP-Greens had the numbers to unseat Liberal government; do they have the numbers to govern?
British Columbians doubt Liberals would implement throne speech proposals: poll

British Columbians doubt Liberals would implement throne speech proposals: poll

The proposals set out in the BC Liberal Speech from the Throne June 22 are popular with British Columbians, but many residents doubt the current government would actually implement them, according to an Insights West poll released June 29.
Supreme Court upholds ruling against Google in case involving B.C. company

Supreme Court upholds ruling against Google in case involving B.C. company

In a made-in-Canada David-and-Goliath story, a Vancouver industrial automation technology company has scored a major victory against search engine giant Google.
Liberals to hand NDP $2.8 billion surplus

Liberals to hand NDP $2.8 billion surplus

B.C. surplus $1.3 billion higher than expected, thanks to GDP growth of 3.7%: de Jong