Business

Provinces press for training changes

Ottawa's new Canada Job Grant would leave lower-skilled workers and many small businesses behind, provincial employment ministers agree

Sep 24, 2013 7:00 PM Read more >

B.C. eyes provincial truce on movie subsidies

Cost of film tax credits nearing $400m per year, Finance Minister Mike de Jong says

Sep 19, 2013 6:00 PM Read more >

B.C. pulls plug on power projects

BC Hydro has cancelled or deferred four electricity purchase contracts with independent power producers, and the total may reach 20

Aug 29, 2013 7:00 AM Read more >

B.C. liquor laws get another look

A glass of wine at the spa? A craft beer at the farmer's market? Can B.C. survive the next wave of modernization?

Aug 7, 2013 8:00 PM Read more >

More costly BC Hydro work needed

Costly upgrades to old dams are not enough to prepare BC Hydro for a major earthquake, and electricity rates will continue to rise

Jul 4, 2013 7:00 AM Read more >

B.C. losing people to other provinces

More people continue to move from B.C. to other provinces than migrate west, according to the latest Statistics Canada estimates

Jun 19, 2013 9:00 AM Read more >

B.C. experts to look at municipal taxes

An expert panel has been appointed to examine B.C.'s business taxes, including municipal taxes on industry.

Jan 10, 2012 6:00 AM Read more >

Local economic forums set to start

The first local test of the B.C. government's jobs plan begins Thursday in the North Fraser region.

Dec 6, 2011 8:00 PM Read more >

NDP wants gas drilling rules tightened

NDP critics want to tighten the rules and take a close look at the environmental effects of the newest form of deep drilling.

Dec 1, 2011 3:00 PM Read more >

B.C. deficit forecast tops $3 billion

Falling revenues have pushed B.C.'s deficit forecast above $3 billion, due to

Nov 28, 2011 7:00 PM Read more >