Economy, Law & Politics

BC Liberals unveil election platform

Helping seniors stay in homes, giving working parents daycare among pledges

Oct 13, 2020 10:38 AM Read more >

NDP to launch second medical school at SFU Surrey campus

The party is also promising to build a new hospital in Cloverdale if re-elected

Oct 13, 2020 9:00 AM Read more >

Pandemic a ‘wake-up call’ for insurance industry

Risk reassessment is among changes spurred by the COVID-19 crisis

Oct 13, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

BIV CFO Awards podcast series: Simon Bodymore and Don Matheson

This week we meet our Chief Financial Officers of the Year award winners to discuss how they’ve dealt with the challenges of the pandemic on their operations.

Oct 13, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

What are politicians’ plans for helping business in B.C.?

A comparison of party promises for key business categories under duress in 2020’s pandemic economy

Oct 12, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

Tens of thousands of prescriptions affected in scam

Five pharmacists reprimanded, fined thousands for false prescriptions

Oct 11, 2020 2:13 PM Read more >

Devil’s Elbow claims Nazi salutes, homophobia in club ejection

A B.C. tribunal has ordered a Vancouver pub to refund a free speech club event deposit after the management ejected members for alleged anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour.

Oct 11, 2020 1:14 PM Read more >

NDP promises free female contraception

Contraception plan could cost $60 million, period poverty task force pledged

Oct 11, 2020 10:50 AM Read more >

Liberals would cover senior drivers medical exams

Seniors past 80 need medical exams every two years

Oct 11, 2020 10:43 AM Read more >

Hospital/spending politics at play in Richmond and Surrey

BC Liberal election candidates in Richmond gathered behind their leader Andrew Wilkinson Saturday to commit to an expedited rebuild of the Richmond Hospital acute care tower and to critique the NDP for delays on the project.

Oct 10, 2020 3:54 PM Read more >