Economy, Law & Politics

VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has delivered an election-year budget that includes benefits for families and businesses as well as an increased deficit. Here are some of its key numbers and estimates: $7.

VICTORIA — The 2024 British Columbia budget includes new spending measures designed to ease high costs of living, while significantly boosting the province’s deficit.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he is "deeply saddened" by the death of a worker, who died when the load from a crane fell on a building under construction in the city's Oakridge neighbourhood Wednesday.

Government expects anemic growth, indefinite deficits, higher natural gas royalties

FIFA, inflation cloud forecasts for Crown agencies in latest B.C. budget.

OTTAWA — Canadian business investment per worker plummeted by 20 per cent over a 15-year stretch, according to new Statistics Canada research that suggests weaker competition is partly to blame.

Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public land in their territories.

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TORONTO — Both a little opaque on how they’re calculated and sometimes painfully clear in what they say, credit scores are an unavoidable part of any borrowers’ life.

VANCOUVER — B.C.'s premier and minister of labour are sharing their heartfelt condolences after a worker was killed in Vancouver's Oakridge neighbourhood when a load from a crane fell on a building under construction.