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Shrinking GDP confirms Canada in 'strangest' recession for first half of 2015

Shrinking GDP confirms Canada in 'strangest' recession for first half of 2015

Canada’s economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.5% in the second quarter, pushing the economy into a recession, StatisticsCanada data confirms.
Bonfire of volatilities: fallout from China’s contentious move to market-based economy

Bonfire of volatilities: fallout from China’s contentious move to market-based economy

Despite resource, stock market pain, opportunities abound in Asian economic overhaul
Economic sun rising in British Columbia as it sets in Alberta

Economic sun rising in British Columbia as it sets in Alberta

More often than usual, the licence plate on the car in front of me this summer in locales as varied as Vancouver and Powell River has been Albertan. Typically, these cars and trucks have been new, top-of-the-line, optioned-out beauties.
University seeks to clear the air around pot industry

University seeks to clear the air around pot industry

Kwantlen Polytechnic course aimed at unravelling the contradictions and complexities of regulations surrounding the business of growing and selling medical marijuana
B.C.’s retail spending remained robust in June

B.C.’s retail spending remained robust in June

Retail spending continued to ramp up at B.C.’s storefronts with yet another strong showing in June as growth in the housing market, tourism and general economic activity lifted consumption.
Insider trading, September 1, 2015

Insider trading, September 1, 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 the week ending August 26. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Infographic - Debt levels across Canada

Who carries more debt -- Vancouverites or Calgarians? This infographic compares debt levels across the country
Life Lessons: Mark Mawhinney, Odlum Brown

Life Lessons: Mark Mawhinney, Odlum Brown

Successful businesses have three ingredients
British Columbians most suspicious in Canada of Trump: poll

British Columbians most suspicious in Canada of Trump: poll

A tower with his name on it may be going up in Vancouver but that doesn’t mean British Columbians are warming to U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
Courts deliver double punch to Site C dam opponents

Courts deliver double punch to Site C dam opponents

Federal court rejects judicial review application by First Nations and Peace Valley Landowners Association against Site C dam