Economy, Law & Politics

It cost Vancouver taxpayers the equivalent of nearly 25,000 shiny new loonies to retrofit parking meters to accept the Royal Canadian Mint’s new 2012 coins.

If you're fed up with the stock market's unpredictability or have been unhappy with how your investments have performed, consider applying a pension fund-style investment strategy.

The average Canadian’s tax bill has outpaced the growth of the consumer price index, according to a Fraser Institute report released this morning.

Wholesale sales in B.C. far outpaced the Canadian average, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday.

The British Columbia Supreme Court has handed the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) court orders against two people practicing law who are not authorized to do so, the LSBC announced April 19.

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) appears poised to get council approval to build a new $300 million, 310,000-square-foot art gallery on a 1.8-acre downtown city block bounded by Cambie, Dunsmuir, Beatty and West Georgia streets.

As the housing market continues to slip and Canadians experience worries over high debt, consumer confidence has dropped once again, according to TNS data released this morning.

With the annual income tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, CIBC tax and estate planning expert Jamie Golombek has penned a report to provide Canadians with tips of the trade to help them unearth available tax savings.

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 April 10. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

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