Economy, Law & Politics

Three B.C. residents and their companies committed fraud when they continued to sell shares in a Vancouver Island investment while the property was in foreclosure, the BC Securities Commission (BCSC) alleges.

B.C. Auditor General John Doyle will take a closer look at the costs of the controversial BC Place Stadium renovation, it was revealed January 18.

The City of Vancouver has signed a four-year collective agreement with its 1,600 unionized outside workers, who will receive 6.75% in wage increases over four years.

Mayor Gregor Robertson has divested himself from the company he co-founded, city hall annual financial disclosure statements revealed yesterday.

The government can hardly be faulted for wanting to break with the old paternalistic model of massive but poorly conceived spending, passively received

A Ministry of Health investigation into the release of personal health information for research purposes confirmed three incidents where health information was shared without authorization. But it also found no personal patient information was released.

A Surrey man is suing his pharmacy, claiming that it did not accurately fill a prescription and, instead, gave him medicine that worsened his condition.

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 January 3. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

BIV-Ipsos survey finds B.C.'s business elite advocating higher taxes to cut government debt

Competition remains fierce for investment advisers in Canada’s gateway to Asia.