Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. government announces measures to help cash-strapped municipalities

Measures do not include tax deferment request of region’s mayors

Apr 16, 2020 9:58 AM Read more >

Liberals eye subsidies for oil and gas, tourism and air travel sectors

Focus of economic development plan entirely on getting past pandemic: Joly

Apr 16, 2020 9:40 AM Read more >

Province launches COVID-19 business support service

The service will function as a single point of contact for businesses looking for information and resources

Apr 16, 2020 8:55 AM Read more >

‘Significant’ time until border restrictions ease, says Trudeau

Feds expand eligibility for business loan program

Apr 16, 2020 8:33 AM Read more >

B.C. continues to flatten the COVID-19 curve

The number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations has been rangebound since April 8

Apr 15, 2020 3:09 PM Read more >

Trump's decision to pull WHO funding a call for Canadians to get involved: observers

While many in B.C. joined critics around the world in condemning U.S.

Apr 15, 2020 2:52 PM Read more >

Court rejects $25 million bankruptcy proposal by stock schemers

The Poonians’ scheme targeted retirement savings of unsophisticated investors

Apr 15, 2020 2:51 PM Read more >

Vancouver mayor says city not going bankrupt, despite media reports

Kennedy Stewart reiterates plea to senior governments for emergency money

Apr 15, 2020 1:51 PM Read more >

B.C. extends state of emergency for another two weeks

Premier John Horgan says the province will rely on data to inform when it lifts emergency restrictions

Apr 15, 2020 12:55 PM Read more >

Surrey projecting a $42 million shortfall if COVID-19 restrictions ease in summer

Mayor Doug McCallum claims city was preparing before WHO declared a pandemic on March 11

Apr 15, 2020 12:18 PM Read more >