Economy, Law & Politics

These companies have laid off Canadian workers in 2023

A wave of layoffs in 2022, which left thousands of Canadian workers jobless, is continuing this year as recession predictions loom and the tech sector downturn deepens.

Mar 14, 2023 9:47 AM Read more >

In the Courts: B.C. fruit packers pin blame for faulty payments on suppliers

B.C. Frozen Foods sued by its supplier for invoices paid to fraudsters

Mar 14, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Cash flew from West Coast donors to Trudeau’s Montreal riding in 2015 and 2016

Many donations to Trudeau's and other Liberal Party candidates' campaigns came from individuals connected to the Chinese Communist Party

Mar 14, 2023 8:45 AM Read more >

Freeland meets with bank regulator head, BoC following U.S. bank collapse

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is assuring that Canada's financial institutions are secure after meeting with the head of Canada's bank regulator and the Bank of Canada.

Mar 14, 2023 8:29 AM Read more >

Who’s Suing Whom: March 14, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court

Mar 14, 2023 8:20 AM Read more >

Senator fears 'modern Chinese exclusion' but some redress activists reject link

Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether a foreign influence registry might become "a modern form of Chinese exclusion," and says angry reaction to his suggestion proves his point about racial profiling and stigmatization.

Mar 14, 2023 7:29 AM Read more >

Opinion: Fewer than one in five Canadians support country’s continued monarchy status

Once a year, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about the monarchy and the members of the Royal Family.

Mar 14, 2023 6:00 AM Read more >

Lawsuit of the Week: Ballz-y marketing leads to cocktail fight over trademark

Texas distillery claims B.C.’s Endless Summer copied its product branding and packaging

Mar 13, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Poilievre calls for spending cap, tax cuts in coming federal budget

OTTAWA — The coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Sunday as he pinned blame for current economic woes on the Liberals.

Mar 13, 2023 9:23 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C.’s rushed surplus spending bonanza raises reform questions

There’s an old adage buried deep within very serious political science textbooks that goes something like this: When you got mo’ money, you got mo’ problems. The B.C.

Mar 13, 2023 9:18 AM Read more >