Economy, Law & Politics

Mayor Gregor Robertson's directive to city manager Penny Ballem to bring a report to council tomorrow to discuss ways to protect the Waldorf Hotel lacks teeth because of B.C.'s weak Heritage Conservation Act, former Vancouver chief planner Brent Toderian told Business in Vancouver January 11.

Retirees in British Columbia are the most likely in Canada to say they are afraid of running out of money for their retirement, according to the results of a CIBC poll released this morning.

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has permanently banned two directors of a B.C. company and fined them $6.9 million for breaching securities laws.

A BC Supreme Court judge this week ordered a Vancouver yoga teachers' school to stop offering courses until it meets provincial requirements.

Production companies Network Entertainment Inc. and Network Pictures Twelve Inc. have filed suit after a film deal for the companies to produce a television pilot was allegedly breached.

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 December 31. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Prominent Vancouverites pitch alternative idea of opening themed satellite galleries

It's seemingly counterintuitive for financial institutions to encourage their customers to hold more cash in their accounts. After all, banks and credit unions make money by putting your money to work in financial instruments ranging from mutual funds and stocks to mortgages and lines of credit.

Simon Fraser University professor Rowland Lorimer believes he has solutions to create low-rent space for local artists and bolster B.C.’s tourism sector: a provincial government that is more attentive to the creative sector.

Vancouver's business community is expressing its condolences following the passing of Wendy McDonald, longtime business luminary and 2006 Business in Vancouver Influential Women In Business lifetime achievement winner, who died December 30 at age 90.