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We can't win the austerity-versus-stimulus game

Maybe we'd be better off with guaranteed annual incomes – they'd make it easier to be an entrepreneur

How to balance the demands of expanding your business and investing in your retirement

The goal is to diversify risk, which means that concentrating on assets that are linked to the cyclical nature of your business won’t help
Vancouver council to consider ways to better engage public

Vancouver council to consider ways to better engage public

Vancouver city councillor Andrea Reimer plans to introduce a motion to create what she calls an Engaged City Mayor’s Task Force, which would identify ways to increase neighbourhood engagement and improve the ways in which the city interacts and
Vancouver loses first place in international tax ranking: KPMG

Vancouver loses first place in international tax ranking: KPMG

Chennai, India, has displaced Vancouver as the world’s most competitive tax jurisdiction for a large international city, in a ranking released by KPMG this morning.
Community buy-in lays groundwork for New Gold

Community buy-in lays groundwork for New Gold

Startup of New Afton proves miner's mettle in securing social licence
B.C. inflation behind national average

B.C. inflation behind national average

B.C.’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.0% in the 12 months to August, compared with a national rise of 1.2%, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning. The report found that while B.C.

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 August 29. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.
Notaries society sued after alleged Mark Anthony Group Ponzi scheme

Notaries society sued after alleged Mark Anthony Group Ponzi scheme

Investor claims society should have supervised the actions of former member Rashida Samji
Economic prospects worsening as global uncertainty persists

Economic prospects worsening as global uncertainty persists

While B.C.'s economy has muddled along relatively well over the past couple years, the global economic situation is clearly taking its toll.
ICBC insider allegedly inappropriately accessed information

ICBC insider allegedly inappropriately accessed information

Ufuk Ari is suing the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for breached privacy and vulnerability after one of its employees allegedly accessed Ari's personal information.