Economy, Law & Politics

Talks have yet to begin on cost-sharing for the RCMP 's new billion-dollar B.C. headquarters in Surrey, according to a Union of B.C. Municipalities memo obtained by Business in Vancouver.

Crossing provincial borders with beer will remain a federal criminal offence even after Ottawa’s Bill C-311 gets royal assent, which is expected later this week.

The NDP liquor critic wants the provincial government to put a cork in the privatization of liquor warehousing and distribution for the time being.

The Stephen Harper government tabled the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act June 22 .

B.C.’s consumer prices climbed 1.3% in the 12 months to May, rising slightly faster than the national average increase of 1.2%, according to a report released this morning by Statistics Canada .

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel on June 21 permanently banned former investment adviser Dirk Christian Lohrisch from B.C.’s capital markets.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) is suing the province over what it alleges was a negligent and inadequate firefighting response to a 2010 wildfire near Vanderhoof.

Ottawa’s recent move to decriminalize interprovincial wine shipments has fuelled investor interest in the burgeoning sector of direct-to-consumer wine shipments.

Bad economic news from Europe appears to be dampening Canadians' consumer confidence, according a TNS survey released this morning. The TNS Consumer Confidence Index fell to 96.4 in June from 98.

BMO Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) is strongly endorsing Finance Minister Jim Flaherty 's plan to further tighten mortgages.