Economy, Law & Politics

Canadian homeowners who have mortgages don't believe that they will be mortgage-free until they are, on average, 57 years old, according to a new CIBC survey.

Some of the business community's most significant BC Liberal backers have shifted their donations to the BC NDP ahead of the May provincial election.

Government workers earn, on average, 12% more than workers in equivalent private-sector jobs, according to a Fraser Institute report released yesterday.

Prominent rating agency Moody's Investors Service reconfirmed B.C.'s Aaa-grade credit rating. B.C. and Alberta are the only two provinces that share that rating, which is Moody's highest.

B.C.’s unemployment rate rose 0.7 percentage points to 7.0% in March compared with the previous month, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

One of Vancouver's larger law firms has a new name and more cachet to lure legal talent as it ramps up hiring following a global mega-merger.

The B.C. Liberals understated spending growth in their latest budget, and a more “realistic” estimate points to a $790 million deficit this year instead of a $200 million surplus, NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said today.

Business leaders are set to converge on Vancouver later this week at the Circle of Prosperity Summit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

BMO InvestorLine boss discusses the latest trends in the discount brokerage marketplace

The duty-free business Mikado Enterprises Ltd. is suing its cigarette supplier, King Day Import And Export Group Ltd., for $100,000 and general damages because it alleges that King Day sold it mouldy cigarettes.