Economy, Law & Politics

If there has been one industry that has struggled in the past decade, it's the province's manufacturing sector. Faced with a rising dollar, its global competitive advantage has eroded as the loonie appreciated to (and for a time above) par with the U.S. greenback.

Residents living in B.C.’s agricultural core are again among the country’s most generous.

B.C.’s just-released budget follows through on the BC Liberals’ promise to provide a balanced budget.

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

Natacha Beim, who was a Business in Vancouver Forty under 40 winner in 2010, and her CEFA Systems Inc. is being sued by a franchisee who claims that Beim broke an agreement and has not returned money.

B.C.’s budget-making grade improved to a “B+” this year from a “B” last year in the Vancouver Board of Trade’s annual budget report card.

tax | Consumers are waiting until April 1 to save, but businesses should make major purchases now

The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch expects to deliver $2.6 billion to government over three years, but says the return to the PST may cause problems.

As economic uncertainty clouds B.C.'s political future, BIV sets the election's business agenda and poses 10 key economic questions

An improving private-sector investment climate and a housing boom has helped the construction sector post some of the strongest job gains of any other sector in B.C.’s economy over the past decade.