Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's July employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent (5.4) Employment rate: 62.0 per cent (62.2) Participation rate: 65.6 per cent (65.7)

Two ex-employees complained to the Employment Standards Branch about the Bloo BBY hookah lounge, saying they weren’t paid their wages on a regular basis and never got tips.

Former submortgage broker Ravinder Biln created fake income records to land clients mortgages they were otherwise not entitled to.

The program will have a $100,000 budget, with funding split evenly between the city and downtown business association

OTTAWA — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party has faced resistance to including countries other than China in the terms of reference for a public inquiry on foreign interference.

Westland acquires insurance brokerage firms in Ontario and New Brunswick

All but three out of 19 professional misconduct allegations were dismissed for the B.C. real estate and immigration lawyer

Two men mailed millions of phony prize notices and stole more than $92.7 million from more than 700,000 victims. They contracted third-party payment processors – including PacNet – and copywriters to help create fraudulent prize notices

Following a quarter in which it began cutting 1,300 positions, shuttered six radio stations and closed two foreign news bureaus, BCE Inc. says more cost restructuring could be in store in response to declining ad revenue and regulatory hurdles.

The ruling party still has a notable financial advantage over the formerly named BC Liberals