Economy, Law & Politics

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 March 20. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Regardless of whether local and/or foreign investors are to blame for B.C.’s “astronomical” housing prices, anyone living in the province that’s managed to buy into the market appears to be benefiting from the price of ownership.

Despite global uncertainty, B.C. businesses across the economic spectrum took advantage of international expansion opportunities

Winemaker seeks damages for alleged delays and devaluation of property along new SkyTrain route

It took some brave and forward-thinking First Nations a decade to have the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act 2006 passed into legislation

Consumer prices in British Columbia increased by 1.0% in February compared with the previous month, according to Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released this morning by Statistics Canada.

While Vancouver may not be considered a hub of head offices in Canada, the big businesses that are here have generally been increasing their global presence over the past few years.

Today is the day British Columbia returns to the PST/GST system and bids farewell to the HST.

Discussions are ongoing between Victoria and Ottawa about cost-sharing for the newly opened RCMP regional headquarters in Surrey, which the Mounties still hope will include a private bar.

A decade after the Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo rejected a comprehensive treaty settlement, clinging instead to its Douglas Treaty rights, the band is settling for much less as part of an ongoing reconciliation agreement.