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Injunction against New Prosperity mine drilling granted

Injunction against New Prosperity mine drilling granted

BC Supreme Court grants injunction against drilling upheld last month by BC Appeal court
Company behind Canada's largest cryptocurrency offering hit by fraud allegations

Company behind Canada's largest cryptocurrency offering hit by fraud allegations

Up to $33 million raised by Vancouver-based cryptocurrency firm allegedly used to gamble, lease a Lamborghini and purchase multimillion-dollar condos
Province announces $7.9 million to develop legal aid framework

Province announces $7.9 million to develop legal aid framework

Lawyers looking forward to fix for “very much neglected legal aid system”
Lawsuit of the week: Widow of architect Bing Thom claims husband’s former company stiffing her on dividends

Lawsuit of the week: Widow of architect Bing Thom claims husband’s former company stiffing her on dividends

Bonnie Patricia Koo Thom is taking her husband’s former firm and the charitable foundation the couple founded to court
Taxman issues Vancouver warrants in Panama Papers probe

Taxman issues Vancouver warrants in Panama Papers probe

CRA says offshore accounts allegedly used to evade ‘significant’ amount of taxes on money earned in Canada
Vancouver stock scandal prompts legal clash between promoter and company

Vancouver stock scandal prompts legal clash between promoter and company

Montego Resources Inc. says it will conduct an internal probe of former management, but it first needs its former CFO Anthony Jackson to hand over financial records
B.C. manufacturing sales rebound

B.C. manufacturing sales rebound

B.C. manufacturing shipments showed life in January with the first gain since June 2018. Factories’ sales rose 2.4% from December to a seasonally adjusted $4.66 billion. This was the highest level since September.
B.C. marine industry initiative feared dead in the water

B.C. marine industry initiative feared dead in the water

It has attracted 15 new shipping companies to Vancouver over the last three years with a projected impact of more than $1.3 billion to B.C.
B.C. asks feds to back potential public inquiry into money laundering

B.C. asks feds to back potential public inquiry into money laundering

B.C. Attorney General David Eby and federal Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair said they’re on the same page in tackling the problem
Insider trading: March 26, 2019

Insider trading: March 26, 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 March 20, 2019. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.