Economy, Law & Politics

With 2012 winding down, many Canadians will soon start preparing their tax returns in time for the April 30 deadline.

Former B.C. premier and Vancouver mayor Mike Harcourt has been appointed to the Order of Canada, Governor General David Johnston announced yesterday.

U.S. sign company ES&A Sign Corp. is suing BC Pavilion Corp. (PavCo) as well as another U.S. company for $737,000 related to work on the BC Place renovation.

Engineering company Focus Corp. is suing the owner of Shadow Mountain golf course for $667,568, alleging that it provided work between 2009 and 2012 and was not paid.

Bureaucrats were given detailed instructions not to tell shortlisted liquor distribution bidders why the privatization was suddenly halted, Business in Vancouver has discovered.

Canada’s chartered accountants (CAs) are feeling increasing anxiety about the U.S. economy as we head into 2013, according to the latest CICA Business Monitor, a quarterly publication put out by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada needs more power so she can do her job as an advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians.

For the second year in a row, Vancouver has the dubious honour of being ranked as the most expensive city in North America in terms of cost of goods and services, according to a new ECA International report.

Coast Capital Savings has committed to leasing 126,000 square feet of a planned nine-storey building to be built by PCI Developments Corp. near Surrey’s King George Skytrain station.

A B.C. man has been fined $700,000 and permanently banned from the province's capital markets for knowingly making false statements to potential investors in a company he controlled, the British Columbia Securities Commission announced yesterday.