Economy, Law & Politics

Surrey Food Bank feels squeeze from real estate boom

Organization needs bigger building, but competition for property is pricing it out of market

Jan 4, 2016 10:02 AM Read more >

‘Ugh’ — emails reveal behind-the-scenes glimpse of failed TransLink Yes campaign

FOI documents reveal Yes campaign's correspondence during 2015 transit plebiscite

Dec 31, 2015 9:33 AM Read more >

City of Vancouver opens 188 new childcare spaces in 2015

The City of Vancouver says 188 new childcare spaces were opened in 2015 as part of its efforts to add 1,000 childcare spaces over four years.

Dec 29, 2015 9:21 AM Read more >

Canadian economy ‘flat as pancake’ in October as GDP growth fails to materialize

The Canadian economy isn’t back into recession territory but the lack of GDP growth in October has economists revising their projections for the fourth quarter.

Dec 23, 2015 7:31 AM Read more >

Business in Vancouver's Newsmaker of 2015: Justin Trudeau's new economic course

From buttoned-down Conservative fiscal control to new Liberal sunny ways: Justin Trudeau's surprise majority win sets Canada on a new economic path

Dec 22, 2015 1:00 AM Read more >

Inflation increases in November, despite falling oil prices

The Consumer Price Index grew 1.4% year-over-year in November, after a 1.0% rise in...

Dec 18, 2015 8:58 AM Read more >

Feds to reopen Kitsilano Coast Guard base

It’s official: the federal government will reopen the Kitsilano Coast Guard base, which was shuttered in 2013 by former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in a cost-cutting measure.

Dec 18, 2015 6:49 AM Read more >

Betting on basketball to Trump Vancouver’s towering inferno

By Kirk LaPointe. Image: BIV Files Bear with me on how I link the issues here. Trust me, I am not into the holiday punch.

Dec 17, 2015 11:00 PM Read more >

Martin Shkreli, inequity and will India ever become a superpower?

Kirk LaPointe, BIV's vice-president of audience and business development, on the news of the week

Dec 17, 2015 11:00 PM Read more >

Trudeau on transit, affordable housing and pot

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his own priorities "resonate" with Vancouver's

Dec 17, 2015 3:49 PM Read more >