Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Economy, Law & Politics

Vancouver law firms vie for cannabis-related clients

Vancouver law firms vie for cannabis-related clients

Pot practice groups are the fastest-growing source of new legal work
Read more >
Insider Trading: June 4, 2019

Insider Trading: June 4, 2019

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 May 29, 2019. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
Read more >
Alleged fraud scheme cheated Richmond woman out of life savings, panel told

Alleged fraud scheme cheated Richmond woman out of life savings, panel told

Todd Norman John Bezzasso, Fiorino Corsi and Wei Kai (Kevin) Liao face fraud allegations from the BCSC
Read more >
Richmond woman claims foreign-buyers tax appeal wrongfully rejected by Finance Ministry over ‘absurd’ and ‘excessively narrow’ take on Property

Richmond woman claims foreign-buyers tax appeal wrongfully rejected by Finance Ministry over ‘absurd’ and ‘excessively narrow’ take on Property

BIV's lawsuit of the week
Read more >
Canadian economy expands 0.4% in Q1: StatsCan

Canadian economy expands 0.4% in Q1: StatsCan

What happened: GDP grows 0.4% in first quarter and 0.
Read more >
$511 million in mortgages set up by unregistered Vancouver broker who cooked books: FICOM

$511 million in mortgages set up by unregistered Vancouver broker who cooked books: FICOM

Jay Kanth Chaudhary is alleged to have been working with “a large network of registered submortgage brokers”
Read more >
Home sales up on the Island, down in Metro

Home sales up on the Island, down in Metro

While April home sales were higher in the rest of the country, they languished in B.C. The latest Canadian Real Estate Association data showed a 0.8% gain in monthly sales to 5,385 units from March. In comparison, sales countrywide rose 3.6%.
Read more >
M&A activity surges 200% in B.C. against backdrop of Goldcorp deal

M&A activity surges 200% in B.C. against backdrop of Goldcorp deal

What happened: Value of M&A activity skyrocketed in B.C. during the first quarter of 2019 Why it matters: The jump was driven primarily by the $17.4-billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc. A first-quarter surge in B.C.
Read more >
Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade pact 80% likely to pass: Mexican negotiator Jesus Seade

Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade pact 80% likely to pass: Mexican negotiator Jesus Seade

Point-man for Mexico on the new CUSMA visits Vancouver for first time
Read more >
ICBC car-burning, shooting privacy case one step closer to class action

ICBC car-burning, shooting privacy case one step closer to class action

Former employee sold 78 people’s data to drug dealers for $25 each
Read more >