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Premier's dinner “most successful in history”: Liberals

Premier's dinner “most successful in history”: Liberals

The BC Liberal Party is touting last night's Premier's dinner as an indication that the struggling party can yet prevail in an election.
B.C. business fuelling growth via acquisition

B.C. business fuelling growth via acquisition

$12 billion in corporate deals announced in B.C. thus far in 2012
Data Points: Living in Lotus Land losing its fiscal lustre

Data Points: Living in Lotus Land losing its fiscal lustre

If you had to put a price on living in one of the world’s most livable cities, how much would you be willing to pay?
DVBIA urges city to keep focused on cigarette butts

DVBIA urges city to keep focused on cigarette butts

Council broadens original motion to investigate ways to reduce litter in the city
Delays in making judicial appointments threatening the quality of justice in B.C.

Delays in making judicial appointments threatening the quality of justice in B.C.

BC's judicial system is doing more with less, but at a cost.

Defective bolts, washers allegedly damage hydro project

Vancouver-based Hydromax Energy Ltd. has filed suit against various Spanish and Slovenian companies, alleging that it has suffered damages due to defective turbine-generator equipment at its Lower Clowhom Hydro Project north of Sechelt.
B.C. labour blasts foreign worker policy

B.C. labour blasts foreign worker policy

Organized labour in B.C. is lambasting changes to the federally administered Temporary Foreign Workers Program, which accelerates skilled workers’ entry into B.C. and allows employers to pay workers up to 15% less than average regional wages for a high-skill occupation.

Insider trading

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 May 16. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.
Finavera responds to suit over alleged unpaid invoices

Finavera responds to suit over alleged unpaid invoices

Vancouver-based wind energy development company Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (TSX-V:FVR) has issued a response to a suit filed against the company for alleged debt. E&E Consulting Inc.
Every taxpayer could pay $9,000 to protect public-sector pensions: CFIB

Every taxpayer could pay $9,000 to protect public-sector pensions: CFIB

Every man, woman and child in Canada could be on the hook for more than $9,000 to pay for the unfunded liabilities of public-sector employee pension plans, according to a new Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report released today.