Economy, Law & Politics

Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says more businesses than usual expect their sales to decline as most firms and consumers expect a recession in the next 12 months.

CALGARY — A new report suggests Canadians' worries about debt are rising amid higher interest rates and persistent inflation.

Robert John Lawrence of the Bridgemark Group case admitted to illegal insider trading and was fined $200,000

New trade direction for the province under Premier David Eby is short on supply chain improvement details, analyst says

In the post-COVID era, B.C. saw its trade policy shift substantially, not only towards diversification but also using social/environmental sustainability as a key selling point.

The detainee found dead in the Surrey immigration holding centre on Christmas Day was a Taiwanese national described in media reports there as a cryptocurrency marijuana ring mastermind.

TORONTO — Experts say the upcoming earnings season will be overshadowed by the broader economic climate, with interest rates and inflation data more closely watched thanindividual company reports.

OTTAWA — As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market.

An NDP cabinet minister attended one of the Lower Mainland’s first major Lunar New Year banquets since the pandemic began, where guests included a Chinese military veteran and the president of a society under an RCMP national security investigation.