Economy, Law & Politics

Buying office supplies from local distributors would provide the biggest bang for the government’s buck for a local economy.

During the provincial election campaign, Premier Christy Clark said employers should have the most say when it comes to skills training, not unions.

Retailers and other small businesses have welcomed news that the federal government will freeze employment insurance premiums for the next three years.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending August 28. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

A Vancouver store that deals in Bitcoin has ordered a kiosk that can allow users to buy, sell and redeem the digital currency.

An online procurement database has been launched to help companies find industrial business partners in northern British Columbia, the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) announced September 9.

Metro Vancouver's garbage and recycling committee narrowly defeated a proposal September 5 that the B.C. Chamber of Commerce feared would lead to a monopoly and hence higher prices for garbage disposal.

The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be conducting consultations across the province on the 2014 budget, the provincial government announced September 6.

The Arts Club Theatre Society is suing a numbered company that does business as Vancouver Fire & Safety for allegedly causing a flood in its Granville Island Main Stage theatre in November 2011.

The unemployment rate in British Columbia was 6.6% in August, down 0.1 percentage point from July’s rate of 6.7% and virtually unchanged from August 2012, according to Statistics Canada data released September 6.