Economy, Law & Politics

The average Canadian made $928 per week in November 2013, an increase of nearly 1% compared with the previous month, Statistics Canada reports.

Mining consulting firm Mintec Inc. is suing Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. for allegedly failing to pay for research and analysis work on a mine development project, Cow Mountain, in central B.C.

Northern Development Initiative CEO Janine North on the region's economic challenges, opportunities

Eleven B.C. women have been appointed to a new Premier's Women's Economic Council. The group, several of whom are Business in Vancouver CEO of the Year, Influential Women in Business or Forty under 40 award winners, will give advice to the B.C.

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 January 29. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Aside from failing to help the poorest workers, living wage laws can also lead to higher municipal taxes

The operators of a controversial new provincial recycling system have introduced more changes to reduce the cost and paperwork for certain small businesses.

Canada's economic and social union is weak and ill equipped for the 21st-century economy

A New York court has removed a cloud of uncertainty swirling above Vancouver-based sugar-substitute producer GLG Life Tech Corp.

The way British Columbians are able to raise a glass will soon be changing.