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Enough competition to 'scare the living heck' out of B.C. real estate agents

Enough competition to 'scare the living heck' out of B.C. real estate agents

Pop culture, social media drawing more real estate agents into industry, say experts.
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Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, signals shift toward rate cut talks

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, signals shift toward rate cut talks

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is turning its attention to when it may be able to start cutting interest rates, governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday as he announced the central bank's decision to hold its key rate at five per cent.
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Why Northland Properties’ business empire is one of B.C.’s biggest

Why Northland Properties’ business empire is one of B.C.’s biggest

Recent Garibaldi at Squamish receivership case unlikely to cause much strife for successful, diversified Gaglardi family
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Metro Vancouver bus drivers demand lost wages from strike be paid

Metro Vancouver bus drivers demand lost wages from strike be paid

Buses and the SeaBus are back in service as striking bus supervisors return to work.
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International visits to B.C. dip below pre-pandemic level in November

International visits to B.C. dip below pre-pandemic level in November

Visits from Mexicans continue to surge
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Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

B.C. Supreme Court extends protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to April 30, so that it could find a buyer. 
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B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

Exports from the province to its second-largest trade partner likely to decline as Western countries decouple from China
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Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Business community ‘disappointed’ in Ottawa’s handling of the COVID-era program, which has sent some owners in search of financing options
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Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

An investigation from the Washington-based group found investments in B.C.'s Golden Triangle have the 'structural and operational attributes of a Ponzi scheme.' 
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Stock promoter orchestrated $5M pump and dump via B.C. network, U.S. SEC alleges

Stock promoter orchestrated $5M pump and dump via B.C. network, U.S. SEC alleges

Burnaby's Aarif Jamani faces civil securities fraud charges in the United States for allegedly orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme; Jamani also faces a hearing for violating a cease trade order in B.C.
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