Economy, Law & Politics

Six of seven commissioners belong to mayor's ABC Vancouver party.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada once again held its key interest rate steady at five per cent Wednesday, encouraged by evidence that higher rates are helping bring inflation down.

Vancouver Park Board mum on science behind decision to cut one-quarter of the trees in the city’s largest park

OTTAWA — A majority of Canadians think the federal government should spend more on health care, a housing strategy and initiatives to ease inflation and cost-of-living issues, a new poll suggests — but they also want it to freeze or reduce other spen

Analysts expect shoppers to continue to be frugal through 2024 as inflation, higher rates hit personal pocketbooks.

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade surplus grew to $3 billion in October as imports fell and exports edged higher, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The result compared with a revised surplus of $1.1 billion in September.

The Law Society of BC is part of a pending constitutional challenge against amendments to the Income Tax Act; lawyers charge that new reporting requirements infringe on charter rights of solicitor-client privilege.

Recovery in Asia-to-Canada travel helps boost B.C. travel figures

A month after 3,700 grocery store workers walked off their jobs at Toronto-area Metro stores earlier this year, they returned to work under a new contract that Unifor called “historic.

VANCOUVER — The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan to attract more health-care workers.