Economy, Law & Politics

Ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Services have confirmed triple-A credit ratings for B.C., while agency DBRS confirmed a double-A rating for the province.

More than 200 federal government employees in B.C. have received layoff notices, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) reports. The B.C.

If you bought an ebook anytime after April 1, 2010, you could qualify to join a class action lawsuit against Apple and several Canadian book publishers over alleged price fixing on ebooks.

CFOs of North Shore Credit Union , Best Buy Canada Ltd. and KGHM International Ltd. are among the winners of this year's BC CFO of the Year Awards.

Canadians are aware that their debt levels are too high and as a result they plan to spend less on big-ticket items this year, according to a PwC survey. According to the survey: 69% will delay a new car purchase (vs.

A cab driver has filed suit against Yellow Cab Company Limited, alleging that the company illegally repossessed his share of a cab.

A significant majority of British Columbians surveyed recently by Angus Reid said they want to see government wages and benefits brought in line with the private sector.

The Bank of Canada 's spring business outlook is a much sunnier picture than a similar snapshot taken in the winter.

Report says Vancouver has reduced turnaround times for 80% of single-family construction permits

B.C.’s unemployment rate edged up to 7.0% in March from 6.9% the previous month, according to just-released figures from Statistics Canada . Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 7.2% in March.