Economy, Law & Politics

The $1.2M sale of a family business created some serious friction

OTTAWA — The federal government ended the 2022-23 fiscal year with a $41.3 billion deficit, slightly lower than it had forecast in its budget released in March. The Finance Department says the result compares to a $95.

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The receiver has indicated there could be more than 1,205 investors.

An assaulted Uber driver makes the case, say advocates, for extending employee rights. The BC government isn’t sure.

Vancouver-based company Lululemon says it will expand its headquarters in the city and create 2,600 jobs over the next five years.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is heading to Asia on a trade mission that makes stops in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. But the premier's tour itinerary, released Thursday, does not include China.

TORONTO — The effects of heightened inflation and central bank efforts to rein it in by slowing the economy are showing in the second-quarter results from Canada's big banks.

OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of "natural health products" such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change.