Economy, Law & Politics

Corporate Canada is in better shape than it was before the recession and posting the strongest corporate performance since at least 1990, according to a CIBC World Markets Inc. report .

Langley-based First West Credit Union has announced asset growth of 7.4% to $4.74 billion in 2011. First West, B.C.

Hal (Mick) McLeod , mastermind of the multimillion-dollar Manna Ponzi scheme, was arrested earlier this month by the BC Securities Commission (BCSC), which is issuing a warning against giving McLeod money.

Vancouver’s growth in GDP is expected to level off this year, partly due to government restraint, but will be offset by strong job growth and a booming mining sector, which is expected to help boost GDP to 3.

Cardiome Pharma Corp. (TSX:COM) lost more than half its stock value in a single day with the announcement that Merck is pulling out of an agreement to take Vernakalant, an oral version of the company's heart drug, through clinical trials.

Federal-provincial investments pay for consumer education and improved market information for producers

Surrey bid to become an India film centre could prove a tough audition

Expensive real estate, down economy, Byzantine regulations hastening closure of Vancouver’s last independent operators

The owner of a swing-span bridge that traverses the Fraser River between Marpole and Lulu Island is suing the owners of a tugboat after it allegedly collided into and damaged the bridge.

More than a dozen small businesses audition at college campus for their chance to cut a deal on popular TV show