Economy, Law & Politics

Metro Vancouver homeowners are set to pay anywhere from 20.9 per cent to 41 per cent more for their share of regional government expenses; the higher costs will be incorporated into one's property tax bill in 2025

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained almost 100 points Friday on strength in technology, base metal and financial stocks, while U.S. markets also moved higher.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week. The S&P 500 rose 0.

Castores Builders Inc. was fined $2,500 in September after an investigation found evidence it had tried to convince an injured worker not to file a WorkSafeBC claim.

TORONTO — Canadians now have a single place to appeal banking issues after the federal government's simplification of the system took effect Friday.

Although the province's gender pay gap reduced from 18 per cent in 2022 to 17 per cent in 2023, it's too early to find a correlation with 2024 results pending

Whichever candidate wins the U.S. president election next Tuesday, experts say investors will be relieved to shed some uncertainty over what kinds of policies to expect.

Indigenous students will be offered scholarships and priority access to the new centre

Credit cards in the U.S. typically have variable interest rates, but in Canada the majority of credit cards have fixed rates

Homeowner claims she did not know a property she bought in 2020 had an underground oil tank, much less that it was leaking hydrocarbons into the soil