Economy, Law & Politics

Many customers ask how they can safely use family members as "distribution points" to reduce their company's overall tax burden.

Last week, the British Columbia Securities Commission’s (BCSC) criminal investigations team and the Saanich Police Department arrested two Greater Victoria area men and charged each with two counts under the Securities Act .

A volatile economy and overseas expansion acquisition aspirations are increasing threats of corporate fraud

BC drivers seem willing to increase their personal debt levels to new heights to get a new ride.

Volatile markets seem to have spooked Canadian investors.

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 August 15. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Business investment across Canada was the largest factor driving the country’s 0.5% real GDP gain in the second quarter of the year, according to a new Statistics Canada report.

Government watchdogs at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) have calculated that, so far, retiring Liberal MLAs in the current government will be eligible to receive $13.7 million in pension benefits.

The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) announced August 29 that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase ING Bank of Canada from Netherlands-based parent ING Group for $3.126 billion in cash.

B.C.'s hospitals, liquor stores and ICBC call centres will be some of the services hit when 27,000 unionized B.C. government workers go on strike next week. A September 5 strike was announced yesterday by the B.C.