Economy, Law & Politics

B.C. provincial court received 211 complaints for 2021, down from the 352-complaint high in 2017.

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage.

Orientation briefings from senior bureaucrats, introductions to B.C. and federal cabinet ministers and city council meetings dominated Ken Sim’s first month-and-a-half schedule as Vancouver mayor.

TORONTO — Food inflation outpaced overall inflation for months, with grocery prices hitting double-digit increases in 2022, and economists say it will take longer to subside than overall inflation.

Three months after losing the Vancouver mayoralty to Ken Sim, Kennedy Stewart said he is excited to be back at Simon Fraser University with a promotion.

The year that just ended threw up some big surprises, including the first land war in Europe since 1945, spiralling inflation and an exceptionally compressed cycle of monetary policy tightening engineered by central banks caught off guard by soaring

If a provincial election indeed takes place this year, Falcon faces two other challenges: A rebrand and candidate selection.

TORONTO — Strength in the energy, utility and industrial sectors helped Canada's main stock index edge higher, while U.S. stock markets fell in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 8.24 points at 20,398.57.

Inflation grew at a rate of 6.6 per cent on West Coast compared with 6.3 per cent nationally in December

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 6.3 per cent in December as the cost of groceries remained high and gas prices cooled.