Economy, Law & Politics

Improving public transit and infrastructure is the number one concern for Vancouver business owners, according to a survey released by the Vancouver Board of Trade October 14.

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 October 8. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Statistics Canada’s latest population data release points to mild momentum in B.C. in the second quarter and stronger-than-anticipated growth over the past year

The polls show 40% of Vancouver respondents name unaffordable housing as their No. 1 issue

Spike in criminal activity puts issue in City of Surrey spotlight this fall as voters choose a new mayor for the first time in close to a decade

Mid-sized businesses in Canada feel optimistic about the economy over the next year

An energetic new organization of faith groups, labour unions and community advocates came together in the hundreds Thursday night to hear which four mainstream civic parties would best represent its views on affordable housing, transit, poverty and social isolation

The province saw the number of jobs grow by 9,600 – an increase of 0.4% – in September

Vision says scheme would cost city $7 million a year

Neils Veldhuis, economist and president of the Fraser Institute, and Jim Sinclair, president of the British Columbia Federation of Labour, go head-to-head