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Foreign buyers find purchase in region’s industrial strength
Industrial interest Demand for industrial space in Metro Vancouver continues to outstrip supply, leaving investors and tenants alike scrambling for opportunities. The strength of the market means...
Balance tops business wish list for B.C. Budget 2019
As the BC NDP government prepares to table its 2019 budget, there is no reason to believe that Finance Minister Carole James is contemplating any major course corrections. The province’s finances...
Government addresses public trust issue in Throne Speech
Government business overshadowed by spending scandal in legislature
Health funding fight lands First Nations service providers in court
Fight includes allegations of defamation, workplace bullying, inadequate oversight
Province expecting $400m hole in property transfer tax revenues
Housing market slowdown has slashed B.C. government’s projected income from purchase taxes, including foreign-buyer tax revenues
Hard allegations threaten to shatter Trudeau government like glass
Note: This column has been updated. Today the Liberal government finds itself cornered by a credible allegation, a cabinet resignation and a competence test. In any such existential position, it...
Vancouver’s Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from cabinet
Abrupt departure follows allegations that the prime minister improperly tried to influence her when she was justice minister
Free parking at hospitals brings logistical challenges
Province’s health authorities raised $34.3 million from parking last year
Most Metro Vancouverites on board with plan for SkyTrain to UBC
During last year’s municipal election campaigns in the Lower Mainland, housing was by far the most important issue for residents of the city of Vancouver and most adjacent municipalities....
Vancouver Art Gallery staff back to work with new agreement
The new four-year agreement comes after a week of strike action, and months of negotiations
‘Non-individuals’ own 10% of B.C. residential property: CMHC
Non-individual ownership in Kelowna outstrips that in Vancouver
Businesses want government to table tax competitiveness
Business, industry leaders want to see lower taxes and greater incentives in upcoming B.C. and Canadian budgets