Economy, Law & Politics

TORONTO — Roughly 200,000 small businesses took on new debt to access the forgivable portion of their pandemic relief loans from the federal government, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday.

Miners seek compensation for wrongful expropriation of mineral claims

HALIFAX — A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past few decades.

B.C. residents ready to ditch restrictions, says survey

Vancouver's Stemcell developed device to improve detection, treatment of plasma cell cancer.

DNV Coun. Catherine Pope says the projected costs for the project, now pegged at $3.86 billion, are 'unacceptable' for North Shore taxpayers

Political columnist Keith Baldrey explains how the new electoral areas "speak volumes" to the province's growth in the last 40 years.

Despite retiring and handing in his licence, lawyer Lindsay Ross has been disbarred by the Law Society of BC: 'Misconduct cannot be avoided simply by resigning from the Law Society'

Long health-care wait times, housing woes and a giant deficit haven't proven fatal for provincial government

Minimal growth in venture capital and private equity investment expected this year