Economy, Law & Politics

S&P Global downgrades B.C. credit rating

Rating slides from AA+ to AA

Apr 20, 2023 1:15 PM Read more >

B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says

Twelve Canadian Tire stores were using the technology for about three years

Apr 20, 2023 11:15 AM Read more >

B.C. man files lawsuit against Walmart over alleged discriminatory name-calling and item search

Plaintiff claims Walmart employee told him, 'We keep an eye on your type, Iranian immigrant, old man thief.'

Apr 20, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

Sonia Furstenau: We need a better framework for measuring the health of Canada’s economy

GDP measures market value but doesn’t account for other values like human and environmental health, according to BC Green leader

Apr 20, 2023 9:00 AM Read more >

NDP revisits telephone town halls to talk about its budget

The provincial government held back-to-back events Monday and Tuesday this week

Apr 20, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Union, feds warn of major service disruptions as a result of strike

Union asking for 13.5 per cent raise over the next three years

Apr 20, 2023 7:45 AM Read more >

Current, former NPA directors appeal judge’s ruling to pay former mayor's legal bill

Seven current and former NPA board members were ordered to pay more than $100,000 of Kennedy Stewart’s legal costs, following the rejection of their defamation case

Apr 20, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Mario Canseco: Trust in Canada’s health-care system is falling dramatically

Research Co. and Glacier Media asked Canadians about the state of the country’s health-care system

Apr 20, 2023 6:00 AM Read more >

Who’s Suing Whom: April 20, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court

Apr 20, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

PSAC strike could have domino effect for unionized workers: labour expert

Almost a third of all federal public servants are involved in the strike

Apr 19, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >