Economy, Law & Politics

The City of Surrey has announced the speaker's list for its sixth Regional Economic Summit, which will be held February 27, 2014.

For the third year in a row, Canada ranks in the top 10 globally when it comes to ease of paying business taxes, according to a joint PwC and World Bank Group study released November 19.

Newly elected British Columbia New Democratic Party president Craig Keating convened his equally new provincial council on Sunday to start figuring out what the new-look NDP is all about as the party’s convention in Vancouver wrapped up.

Lawsuits, union activism, laid-off teens could be fallout if grocers get OK to sell alcohol

Growth has come from innovation and a focus on executing a core business strategy

Vancouver’s Non Partisan Association (NPA) thinks it can do a better job of listening to city residents than reigning Vision Vancouver, led by Mayor Gregor Robertson.

Canada's merchandise exports increased 1.8% while imports grew 0.2% between August and September, narrowing Canada's trade deficit with the world, Statistics Canada announced November 14.

Vancouver's bike share program will be delayed by several months because of reported financial problems with Montreal-based bike share company Bixi.

British Columbians plan to spend almost 18% less than they did last year over the holidays this year – the biggest provincial drop in the country, according to the results of an RBC survey released November 13.

A businessman is suing Privatis Technology Corp. and Steven J. McAuley, a former colleague, for allegedly excluding him from an online service he says he founded to protect private sellers on classified ad sites from fraud and robocall harassment called ControlBox.com.