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CEO For A Day: First West CEO inspires student to pursue his goals

CEO For A Day: First West CEO inspires student to pursue his goals

UBC’s Akaash Bali gets crash course in the complexities of managing a major financial institution
Insider trading, March 10, 2015

Insider trading, March 10, 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 March 4. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
Canadians still not tuning in to TFSA investment advantages

Canadians still not tuning in to TFSA investment advantages

Canada's tax-free savings account (TFSA) savings option has been around since 2009, but Canadians still largely misunderstand it

Canadian Household Finances: Return of the Profligate Sums?

By Douglas Porter and Benjamin Reitzes, BMO Canadian household finances have come under renewed scrutiny recently, with debt ratios rising to record highs once again, and the IMF and others firing off more warning flares on a hot housing market and t
Legislature seeks tougher regulations for private career-training schools

Legislature seeks tougher regulations for private career-training schools

A government bill now before the B.C. legislature promises tough new quality standards for hundreds of private career-training institutions, ending more than a decade of self-regulation.
Trudeau promises long form census to Surrey, Lower Mainland’s fastest growing city

Trudeau promises long form census to Surrey, Lower Mainland’s fastest growing city

Speaking at the Surrey Board of Trade’s Women in Business Awards ceremony Thursday, the Liberal leader vowed better stats gathering from a federal level
Scam alert! The top 10 ways British Columbians got swindled in 2014

Scam alert! The top 10 ways British Columbians got swindled in 2014

Have you been a victim? Maybe without even knowing?
Treaty breach claim based on cumulative impacts

Treaty breach claim based on cumulative impacts

Allegations of treaty breach results from decades of industrial activity in Peace River region
Jobs minister says minimum wage hike won’t be $15 an hour

Jobs minister says minimum wage hike won’t be $15 an hour

Shirley Bond plans to unveil a new system for setting B.C.’s minimum wage, but has no intention of raising it to $15 an hour from $10.25 any time soon
Still got it: Vancouver tops in North America for quality of life

Still got it: Vancouver tops in North America for quality of life

This will come as no surprise to many Vancouverites: the city has once again come in first place in North America in Mercer’s annual list ranking quality of living