Economy, Law & Politics

Exports from Canada increased to $45.2 billion in June, according to Statistics Canada data released August 6, reaching the highest amount on record.

British Columbia will maintain its budget surplus over the next few years as long as the province keeps cost growth under control, the Conference Board of Canada announced August 6.

Lawyer Kevin McLean is suing the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) over an allegedly defamatory “campaign of malicious public attacks” against him.

Industrial base, infrastructure boost employment opportunities in city

‘Vague’ wording and ‘inappropriate’ calculations alleged in mortgage contracts

B.C.’s natural resources sector grew 4.6% in 2013, outpacing all the other industries in the province, according to data from Victoria’s 2014 financial and economic review.

CP’s July 31 deadline to remove “encroachments” on its property along Arbutus Corridor has passed and work is resuming to return the corridor to federal operating standards, according to spokesman Ed Greenberg.

The rate of growth in the manufacturing sector was up in both Canada – which saw an eight-month high – and British Columbia in July, according to the results of an RBC survey published August 1.

The British Columbia government signed three agreements with the Nisga’a Nation July 31, building on the treaty with the First Nation group that originally came into effect in May 2000.

Real gross domestic product was up for the fifth month in a row in May with an increase of 0.4%, according to Statistics Canada data released July 31.