Economy, Law & Politics

Entrepreneurs dominate the business landscape in Surrey.

Watchdog says BC Place manager has failed to diversify revenue streams

Half of B.C.’s biggest business deals since 2010 were done south of the Fraser River

B.C.’s auditor general cannot fulfill his duty if he is blocked from seeing the deal that paid $6 million in legal bills for two government aides who pleaded guilty to corruption, the BC Supreme Court heard Monday.

Softening trade will slow B.C.’s GDP growth to 2.3% this year from 2.9% in 2011, according to an RBC Economics forecast released this morning.

Employment rose by 15,000 jobs in B.C. in August, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.3 percentage points to 6.7%, according to Statistics Canada. This came in sharp contrast to the 15,000 decrease in jobs seen in July .

B.C.'s economy should pick up a little steam in 2013 and then percolate at above-average growth rates between 2014 and 2016, according to a new report by Central 1 Credit Union. The credit union's chief economist, Helmut Pastrick, predicts B.C.

Kim Baird, who led the Tsawwassen First Nation to sign the first modern treaty under the BC Treaty process, has been defeated as chief by a Tsawwassen councillor in his early 20s.

B.C. has appointed former attorney-general Geoff Plant to serve as chief legal strategist for the government, as cross-examination on Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline begins in Edmonton this week.

Premier Christy Clark has shuffled what is left of her cabinet, following the announcement that some key players in her government will not seek re-election.