Economy, Law & Politics

A Vancouver lawyer who specialized in real estate conveyances has admitted to fraud and inadequate bookkeeping and has agreed to a voluntary seven-year suspension from the Law Society of BC.

As of today, the Royal Canadian Mint will no longer be distributing pennies to banks and other financial institutions and will begin the gradual process of removing the coins from circulation.

The Kitsumkalum and Kitselas First Nations in B.C.'s Northwest have signed "incremental treaty agreements" (ITAs) with the B.C. government, the province has announced.

The marketing agency hired by the B.C. Liberal government to produce Family Day festivities on February 11 is seeking so-called “brand ambassadors.”

B.C.'s small business confidence fell in January, even as the rest of the country grew more optimistic, according to Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) data released this morning.

Ontario's debt load is higher than California's and, if unchecked, could head towards a Greek-style meltdown, according to a Fraser Institute report released this morning.

The lawyer for BC Place stadium's steel contractor told a BC Supreme Court judge this morning that his client, Canam Group, is increasing its lawsuit claim to $39 million from $26 million.

Former Air Canada pilot David Bruce Zaharik is suing a raft of aircraft manufacturers and parts makers alleging that, while flying, he was exposed to toxic chemicals that made him so sick that he can no longer fly.

The chief justice of the BC Supreme Court upheld the principle of solicitor-client privilege today, in a verdict against Auditor General John Doyle's bid to see the indemnity agreement that paid the legal bills for two ex-BC Liberal aides.

Canadian banks and credit unions will have just over a month until the March 1 contribution deadline to get Canadians to contribute to their registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs). But the reminders and alerts might be increasingly for naught.