Economy, Law & Politics

Immigrants looking to enter B.C.’s workforce through a popular program that fast-tracks people through the federal immigration process will have to wait 90 days before they can send in applications once again. B.C.

While a ‘quiet pride’ is spreading to some B.C. sectors, fast-rising companies say the recruitment process is becoming too burdensome to keep their headquarters in the province

Canadian real gross domestic product dipped 0.1% in January, according to Statistics Canada data released March 31

The millions of taxpayer dollars already sunk into B.C.’s Auditor General for Local Government soap opera is but the latest example of...

Local activists’ push for major minimum-wage hike is making business owners nervous, but Seattle might provide a workable model for raising a region’s low-wage bar

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

Michael Patrick Lathigee and Earle Douglas Pasquill perpetrated frauds, according to the BCSC

Canada Post is crediting its five-point action plan for a remarkable turnaround that has driven that segment of the Crown corporation from losses of $125 million in 2013 to a pre-tax profit of $194 million in 2014.

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

The Bank of Canada’s (BoC) governor says central banks risk becoming addicted to providing forward guidance on interest rates — a strategy that dulls its impact on markets.