Economy, Law & Politics

The British Columbia Supreme Court has handed the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) court orders against two people practicing law who are not authorized to do so, the LSBC announced April 19.

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) appears poised to get council approval to build a new $300 million, 310,000-square-foot art gallery on a 1.8-acre downtown city block bounded by Cambie, Dunsmuir, Beatty and West Georgia streets.

As the housing market continues to slip and Canadians experience worries over high debt, consumer confidence has dropped once again, according to TNS data released this morning.

With the annual income tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, CIBC tax and estate planning expert Jamie Golombek has penned a report to provide Canadians with tips of the trade to help them unearth available tax savings.

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 April 10. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Summit told engagement with Asia is key to exploiting world’s economic growth engine

The Lower Mainland has a language problem.

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 April 17. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Debt elimination and a freeze on taxes are core elements in the BC Liberal Party's election platform, which Premier Christy Clark unveiled April 15.

The provincial government has launched a PST education program that businesses can use to help ensure their accounting and reporting systems are set up to comply with PST laws.