Economy, Law & Politics

In the final week of the year, Business in Vancouver is taking a look back at the most-read online stories of 2016.

Canadians shopping at the last minute ahead of Christmas already have one stocking stuffer prepared for the economy: a lump of coal. The Canadian economy shrank 0.

Consumer prices fell 0.3% in British Columbia and 0.4% across Canada in November, according to Statistics Canada data released December 22. Year-over-year, the province saw inflation of 1.6%, compared with 1.2% nationally. This comes after a 1.

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B.C. trade-oriented growth continued to shine in October with surging international goods exports. Dollar-volume exports jumped close to 29% year-over-year in October. While partly reflecting a base-year effect, momentum remains strong.

Richmond fraudster Ayaz Dhanani has been handed a lifetime securities trading ban by the BC Securities Commission. In 2013, Dhanani took $188,800 from three investors, who were told he was about to take a number of junior mining companies public.

But the province will remain one of the country’s bright spots

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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 December 14, 2016. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Following a lopsided membership vote, credit union Coast Capital Savings has announced it intends to spend next year seeking regulatory approval to operate across the country and plans to offer its brand of banking services beyond B.C.