Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who has recalled the legislature for June 22, has promised to lay out an ambitious agenda in a throne speech this month despite the likelihood it will trigger the defeat of her Liberal government.

Shutting down Site C would strand billions in sunk costs that ratepayers will still have to pay for: taxpayers federation

Oil and gas analyst says musings about cutting off oil supply to B.C. are already gaining traction in Alberta

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 7, 2017. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Support for training, education a priority, but funding details absent

B.C. dollar-volume exports remained robust through April on surging non-renewable resource sales. Total merchandise exports to global markets reached $3.85 billion, marking a same-month gain of 34.

Last Friday (June 9) was Tax Freedom Day, marking the day the average Canadian family has made enough income to pay all its taxes for this year, according to the Fraser Institute.

For the third year in a row, British Columbia will be Canada’s bright spot in terms of economic growth this year, according to RBC’s quarterly economic outlook report released June 12. B.C.

Class-action lawyers keen to spend Canada Day filing claims over unwanted emails will instead have to spend the holiday getting patriotic.

City will spend more than $600,000 annually to meet new certification