Economy, Law & Politics

Almost a year after forming a company to organize illegal roadblocks, a leader of three climate change protest brands pleaded guilty to five mischief charges Monday in Vancouver Provincial Court.

HAMILTON — Canada's associate finance minister says it's going to be a "turbulent" year for the economy, but Randy Boissonault insists the government still has some spending room for big priorities including a new health-care deal with the provinces.

B.C. public sector pension and insurance funds are at risk of proliferating climate change due to their failure to align with global carbon emission goals, according to a new report from a Canadian environmental watchdog.

Dated almost three weeks before she died of suicide, a Vancouver Police Department constable’s impact statement accused a senior officer of ruining her personal life and law enforcement career.

A life insurance agency operating five offices in B.C. has been sanctioned by Ontario’s financial regulator for potentially deceptive sales tactics. Greatway Financial Inc.

The B.C. Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal filed by the provincial government’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations; regional water manager; and the Ministry of Environment against Greengen Holdings Ltd.

The Conference Board of Canada says the country's smaller cities have an opportunity to make a bigger economic impact in the coming years thanks to pandemic-driven trends and the federal government's immigration plan.

TORONTO — Uber Canada says the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW Canada) union provided services to almost 800 Uber drivers and couriers dealing with disputes with the company last year.

OTTAWA — What goes up doesn't necessarily come down. That's contrary to the sentiment of a surprisingly large proportion of respondents to the Bank of Canada's quarterly consumer expectations survey, released last week.

Another Coast Mountain bus window was destroyed, a year after a spate of pellet gun attacks in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A large hole was visible in a passenger side upper window of a route 210 bus after a post-11 a.m.