Economy, Law & Politics

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 December 10. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

For the third year in a row, Canadians have been more philanthropic than in the year previous. According to the most recent BMO Charitable Giving Poll, 84% of Canadians made a charitable donation in the past 12 months with the average gift being $624 – an increase of 8% from 2013 ($580 last year to $624 this year).

The late, great Rod Love believed fervently that democracy turns on small things.

This infographic tallies up the cost of true love over the holidays, from a partridge in a pear tree to 12 drummers drumming.

Hiring has shifted higher in the latter half of this year

The federal government has given Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) an exemption under the controversial Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program, allowing the software giant to bring non-Canadian staff into its expanded training centre in Vancouver.

Yes side is more popular amongst young people and regular transit users

Essential social services are being improperly funded because of faulty statistical information, which in turn hurts the local economy, business leaders argue

Editor-in-chief Fiona Anderson on the business news that caught her eye this week

Just two years after it opened, Victoria luxury hotel and condo development is in receivership