Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. has country’s biggest employment gains over the past year: StatsCan

Vancouver’s unemployment rate lower than in Calgary and Toronto

Dec 4, 2015 7:53 AM Read more >

Traditional infrastructure funding throws money down the sewer

By Peter Ladner Amid all the excitement about the Christmas bounty of infrastructure spending coming at us from our deficit-happy new federal government, it’s a good time to ask how we got ourselves into this infrastructure hole.

Dec 3, 2015 11:00 PM Read more >

B.C. liquor store workers want to sell legal pot by Christmas 2016

B.C. liquor store workers want to deck their shelves with legalized recreational pot in time for Christmas 2016.

Dec 3, 2015 8:49 AM Read more >

Mark Zuckerberg pledge to give 99% of Facebook shares prompts philanthropy lessons

Vancouver philanthropists assess impact of Facebook founder's generosity

Dec 2, 2015 10:02 AM Read more >

Poloz holds overnight rate at 0.5%

As expected by analysts, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has once again held...

Dec 2, 2015 9:33 AM Read more >

Vancity offers special loans to refugees and their helpers

Syrian refugees will contribute $563 million to B.C.'s economy over the next 20 years, according to credit union

Dec 2, 2015 9:02 AM Read more >

UNBC faculty and students challenge appointment of James Moore as chancellor

Former Minister of Industry and Conservative MP James Moore has been named the sixth chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia

Dec 1, 2015 2:25 PM Read more >

Infographic: The economics of having kids

Terrible money twos: Many Canadians are putting off having kids because real estate and debt-servicing costs are just too high

Dec 1, 2015 11:00 AM Read more >

Canadian economy grows in Q3 overall but shrinks in September

An increase in net exports helped boost GDP in July and August, but this momentum was lost by September

Dec 1, 2015 8:21 AM Read more >

B.C. developer fined $1m after committing fraud to buy wife gifts

A B.C. real estate developer who used investors’ funds to buy presents for himself and his wife has been fined more than $1 million and banned for life from the province’s capital markets.

Dec 1, 2015 7:58 AM Read more >