Economy, Law & Politics

Personal income tax in Canada turns 100 this year, having been introduced in 1917 as a means of funding the country’s efforts in the first world war, and the government’s dependence on it has grown to the point where it funds more than half of federa

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) has entered into a partnership worth $2.5 million with the provincial government intended to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increase their export capacity, with a specific focus on Asia.

Provincewide popularity means $700 million incentive likely to remain regardless of critics and who wins on May 9

Looming retirement of small-business owners amps up action in sales of companies

Funds raised from biggest stock and debt deals dropped 14% in 2016 compared with 2015

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 March 29, 2017. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

B.C. retail sales rebounded in January after a two-month slide to re-establish the upward pattern observed for most of last year. Dollar-volume sales climbed 2.9% from December to a seasonally adjusted $6.

Unresolved retail, policing, supply chain management issues among marketplace concerns

The Canadian economy is maintaining its recent winning streaking, expanding 0.6% in January for its seventh gain in eight months. Manufacturing (+1.9%), wholesale trade (+2.4%), and retail (+1.

Metro Vancouver’s water utility, the Greater Vancouver Water District, has filed a lawsuit against a valve company it alleges was negligent in providing faulty equipment for the utility’s energy recovery facility at the Capilano reservoir.