Economy, Law & Politics

City council faces backlash after voting against staff advice to reduce rates in low-use motorcycle parking locations

Two B.C. men accused of manipulating share prices in a shell company are receiving hefty fines and long-term securities trading bans.

Teachers and health-care workers are upset that BC Investment Management Corp. has invested more than $260 million in public money in cigarette manufacturers

An injury allegedly sustained at an East Vancouver skateboard park is at the heart of a suit filed in BC Supreme Court against a Langley-based landscape architecture firm.

If you’ve ever wanted to build a man-cave or become a vegetarian, the present is as good a time as any. According to Statistics Canada ’s April inflation figures, while B.C. inflation was flat 1.

B.C.’s biggest bonded liquor warehouse: Exel’s friend or foe?

Canada’s largest pension plans remain underfunded by tens of billions of dollars. An August 2011 report by credit-rating firm DBRS found that the 20 poorest defined-benefit (DB) pension plans collectively had a funding deficit of more than $14.

Profit growth has continued to be a challenge for Canada's insurance brokerage industry.

Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the past 17 years, according to a study commissioned by KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).

More than half of all British Columbians holding debt made at least one extra payment to bring down their balances in the last 12 months, according to a new CIBC (TSX:CM) poll conducted by Harris/Decima .