Economy, Law & Politics

Financial anxieties heightened by pandemic: survey

17% of Canadians need help with their finances

Dec 3, 2020 3:14 PM Read more >

Retired B.C. bureaucrat getting $11,882 biweekly for ‘transition’ services

Christy Clark’s deputy minister charged Horgan’s NDP $1 a year

Dec 3, 2020 3:01 PM Read more >

B.C. readies for 'Operation Immunize' as COVID-19 cases continue to mount

12 more British Columbians died with COVID-19 infections overnight

Dec 3, 2020 2:35 PM Read more >

Enforcement of plastic shopping bag ban in Vancouver could be delayed until 2022

City staff cites COVID-19 pandemic’s financial hit on businesses for one-year grace period

Dec 3, 2020 12:12 PM Read more >

Finance minister pitches B.C. business leaders on COVID ‘safety net’ following fiscal update

Deputy PM and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tells GVBOT members the economy has 'meaningfully' recovered since the low point of the COVID-induced recession

Dec 3, 2020 10:36 AM Read more >

Feds will be ‘strategic’ about who’s vaccinated first amid limited early supplies

Three million Canadians will be vaccinated in the early goings, according to federal officials

Dec 3, 2020 7:56 AM Read more >

Land/corporate ownership registries need to verify ID: anti-money laundering experts

The Land Owner Transparency Registry (LOTR) began accepting filings from non-individual landowners on Monday but experts are calling on loopholes to be closed

Dec 2, 2020 5:06 PM Read more >

Final decision on Vancouver police budget could rest with B.C. bureaucrat

Case involving Victoria Police Department provides example of appeal process

Dec 2, 2020 3:02 PM Read more >

Vancouver budget: Library board seeks $625,000 to eliminate overdue fines

Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant have highest proportion of residents blocked from library

Dec 2, 2020 2:41 PM Read more >

B.C. hits record-high COVID-19 hospitalizations for 15th straight update

Number of people suffering in hospital with the virus rose by one to 337 overnight

Dec 2, 2020 1:54 PM Read more >