Economy, Law & Politics

One day following NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe's pledge to tackle child hunger in Vancouver, rival Vision Vancouver has promised more money to support food programs for the city’s school children

Vancouver received an overall high grade for its ability to attract newcomers, but poor housing affordability is having a negative impact on the city’s attractiveness.

A weary-looking Jim Iker addressed the media in the afternoon of September 16 inside a sweltering boardroom at the BCTF office building and said he wants teachers to vote in favour of a tentative six-year deal.

We may have come a long way, but when it comes to financial portfolios, it seems that men feel a lot more comfortable making decisions about the directions of their investments.

B.C. teachers, who’ve been on the picket line since June, and the provincial government have reached a tentative deal to end the ongoing strike that has kept classes closed since the school year started.

When the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) reached a tentative deal with the government Tuesday morning (September 16) that could end the three-month long teachers’ strike, they did what any student would do — they tweeted the news.

1. NEVSUN RESOURCES LTD. Precious and base metals mining 2013 revenue: $160.4 million Five-year growth: 40,089% See page B16 for an in-depth analysis of Nevsun’s growth over the past five years. 2. SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC.

City of Vancouver paid more than $1.6 million to 33 people in its communications department in 2013, according to city hall pay records released via Freedom of Information to CityHallWatch and provided to Business in Vancouver.

. B.C.’s labour market turned in another uninspiring performance in August, showing that the provincial economy remains in a low-growth state. While B.C.

City’s South Asian population is uniquely positioned to leverage overseas ties