Economy, Law & Politics

NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe says the Vision Vancouver-dominated city council has dropped the ball on negotiating for the Arbutus Corridor.

NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe is vowing to run a campaign that is free of personal attacks.

The dispute between British Columbia public school teachers and the provincial government is taking a toll on working parents, according to a new Insights West poll released August 14.

Two Greater Victoria business associations say their members are increasingly frustrated by the region’s patchwork system of local government and want the public to vote on amalgamation in November.

Vancouver mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe is vowing to “remove the muzzle” from City Hall staffers and open the books if elected.

The average Canadian family spends more on taxes every year than they do on the necessities of life, argues a Fraser Institute study released August 12.

Food supplier Sysco Canada Inc. is suing Mark Brand and the much-hyped Save On Meats restaurant for allegedly failing to pay for more than $324,000 worth of food products.

David Michael Michaels, a former mutual fund salesperson and infomercial host, defrauded 484 clients – many of whom were seniors – of a total of $65 million, the British Columbia Securities Commission has ruled.

In the face of last week’s discouraging job-growth numbers from Statistics Canada, the Bank of Montreal (BMO) says businesses are prepared to boost hiring — at least somewhat — in the second half of 2014.

B.C.’s unemployment rate moved just a small fraction in July as both the country and the province failed to add a significant number of jobs to the labour force, according to Statistics Canada.