Economy, Law & Politics

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended June 3, 2020. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

COVID-19 has forever altered the course of B.C.’s economy, business leaders say

There are just 193 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and all of them are contained within the Lower Mainland, according to Friday’s update from the BC Centre for Disease Control.

193 active COVID-19 cases, 2,272 people have recovered

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Between January and the end of May, the North Shore had one of the three highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the province, according to statistics revealed Thursday by Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s chief medical health officer.

Canada’s May unemployment rate was 13.7% , the highest recorded since comparable data became available in 1976, Statistics Canada said in numbers released June 5. In February, prior to the COVID-19 economic shutdown, the unemployment rate was 5.

Ottawa is offering Canadian provinces and territories $14 billion to combat COVID-19 and the potential of a second wave, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this morning.

B.C. exports fell by almost 15% in Q1 2020 from the same period last year, hurt by both the rail blockade protests earlier this year and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the province said.

B.C.’s unemployment rate rose 1.9 percentage points in May from April to 13.4% as more people started looking for work, but the province did see a net increase of 43,300 new jobs – will full-time employment in the service industry leading the way.