Economy, Law & Politics

Consumers were not in a spending mood heading into the holidays. While rebounding 1.1% in November following a prior-month decline, B.C. retail sales remained sluggish. Year-over-year growth remained soft at 0.6%, following a drop of 0.3% in October.

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 January 28, 2020. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Surrey’s mayor is keeping his lips sealed as to whether he’ll continue to have his bylaw officers issue Uber drivers fines as the city awaits the formation of an inter-municipal licence for ride hailing, which could still take months.

Mutual Fund Dealers Association was given greater collection powers in June 2018, but their effectiveness has yet to be tested

A Toronto man claims in a class action that Hershey Canada Inc. and its corporate parents misleadingly market their candy products by failing to disclose “rampant” child labour and slavery used in their supply chains.

What happened: Economists say the Canadian economy is at risk of taking a hit due to the global impacts of the coronavirus Why it matters: The domestic economy was already in for a slowdown going into 2020 Don’t expect the economic fallout of the nov

Only one patient has yet to test positive

Office of Wet'suwet'en, provincial government to try to "de-escalate" conflict over Coastal GasLink pipeline

Seven Carrier Sekani First Nations will share in $175 million under a five-year agreement signed Wednesday with the provincial government. Dubbed Pathways Forward 2.

Duke and Duchess of Sussex could benefit several economic sectors in the province