Economy, Law & Politics

Restaurants Canada said businesses in certain regions of the country will be hurt by the new federal moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the food services sector.

The federal government has announced an immediate moratorium on food-services businesses’ access to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program.

Parents in British Columbia have some work to do to educate their kids about responsible spending and saving.

Mayor Gregor Robertson’s promise to end “street homelessness” by 2015 appears to be in jeopardy with data released April 23 showing Vancouver now has the largest homeless population in the city’s history.

Wholesale sales in British Columbia grew by 0.1% in February to $4.8 billion, Statistics Canada announced April 22.

In time for people's tax deadlines, here is an infographic ranking taxation rates per country.

Consumer prices were up slightly in March in British Columbia compared with one month prior, according to Statistics Canada data released April 17.

The overnight rate will remain at 1%, the Bank of Canada announced April 16, keeping it at the same level it has been since September 2010.

The former director of finance, planning and treasury for the City of Vancouver has been hired by the new board of directors of the Portland Hotel Society, likely as part of the management team.

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 April 9. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.