Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. looms as a major barrier to interprovincial trade

Political misalignment with rest of Western Canada increases cross-boundary complications

Jul 24, 2019 12:00 AM Read more >

B.C.’s highest-paid executives took a pay cut in 2018

Average compensation dropped 8% in 2018 compared with 2017

Jul 23, 2019 12:00 AM Read more >

Police bust two large cannabis extraction labs in south Vancouver

Unauthorized use of organic compounds posed security risk to the public

Jul 22, 2019 3:59 PM Read more >

Burnaby woman charged with breaking permanent securities trading ban

A Burnaby woman who defrauded a group of investors in a troubled building-materials company in 2010 and 2011 has been charged with violating an order permanently banning her from B.C.’s capital markets. In February 2017, the B.C.

Jul 22, 2019 11:13 AM Read more >

Loblaws fights multimillion-dollar tax bill after discovery of years-long fraud scheme involving tax-exempt gas sales on Squamish Nation land

Loblaws Inc. is taking the provincial government to court over a $2.

Jul 19, 2019 12:00 PM Read more >

B.C.’s $1.5B surplus should be $7.2B: auditor general

$5.7 billion discrepancy comes from deferring federal income

Jul 19, 2019 9:58 AM Read more >

Top provincial executives took home $5.28 million in 2018-2019

List includes university, ICBC and power corporation presidents

Jul 18, 2019 4:20 PM Read more >

Updated: $1.5 billion B.C. surplus for 2018-19, minister says

Employer health and speculation taxes raised $464 million and $115 million, respectively

Jul 18, 2019 2:41 PM Read more >

BBB warns against fake Expedia ‘customer service’ reps

The scam has bilked victims out of thousands of dollars

Jul 18, 2019 10:29 AM Read more >

Fraud allegations surround cryptocurrency offering

COURTS | B.C. firm’s principals face asset seizures, claims of multimillion-dollar misappropriations

Jul 16, 2019 9:03 AM Read more >