Economy, Law & Politics

A Nanaimo-based timeshare company has been ordered to answer charges that it illegally sold securities. The British Columbia Securities Commission has called a notice of hearing for the directors of Aviawest Resorts Inc.

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found a B.C.-based company and its two directors breached securities laws by selling securities without being registered. The panel found that JV Raleigh Superior Holdings Inc.

The executive director of the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a notice of hearing alleging that three B.C. men sold shares in a computer hardware company without being registered.

Just days after Prime Minister Stephen Harper's senior B.C. minister slammed Enbridge over its Northern Gateway pipeline project, Harper himself said the project will be decided on its own merits, not politics.

Being sued by a Saskatchewan landlord for $47,181 has done nothing to slow sales at 29-year-old gay-niche bookstore Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium Inc., co-owner Jim Deva told Business in Vancouver Friday.

Companies plans face collapse or rising top-up payments as bets on high investment returns fail to pay off

Persistent rumblings over slowing economies around the world are continuing to influence Canadian consumers.

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 July 11. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

A poll that Stockhouse Publishing Ltd. conducted between July 26 and August 1 found that 49.6% of investors intend to make new investments in Canadian equities within the next 60 days.

Jim Pattison Industries (Pattison) is suing a variety of companies including B.C. Pavilion Corp. (PavCo) for $707,278 for work performed as part of the BC Place renovations. Pattison alleges in its statement of claim that ES&A Sign Corp.