Business

Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up

The rise in e-commerce sales ‘inevitably squeezes out cash’ from vendors

Jan 6, 2021 6:30 PM Read more >

Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up

CFIB and retail council are calling on the federal government to negotiate lower fees from credit-card firms

Jan 6, 2021 4:00 PM Read more >

Canadian auto sales fell 19.7% in 2020 from a year earlier; lowest level in a decade

The consultancy says auto sales fell 2.6 per cent in December 2020 from the same month in 2019

Jan 6, 2021 3:45 PM Read more >

Vancouver, Victoria among top 10 tech markets in Canada

Tech education and industry continue to boom in B.C.

Jan 6, 2021 9:30 AM Read more >

‘Compulsory trades’ next battleground for B.C. industry

NDP aims to end B.C.’s 2003 move to workplace ‘flexibility’

Jan 5, 2021 1:50 PM Read more >

B.C. NDP nets $1.5 million in taxpayer subsidies to political parties

Conservatives, Rural B.C. party join B.C. Liberals, Greens in per-vote payments

Jan 4, 2021 11:50 AM Read more >

B.C. property values went up 4.2% in 2020 as most homeowners see ‘moderate increases’

Every region in B.C. reported a zero to 10 per cent increase in valuation, although individual cities differ

Jan 4, 2021 11:00 AM Read more >

B.C. restricts pipeline, dam restarts due to COVID-19 risk

Coastal GasLink, Trans Mountain, Rio Tinto, Site C slowed for holidays

Jan 4, 2021 9:35 AM Read more >

Top CEO pay in 2019 fell, but still more than 200 times average workers: CCPA report

The average individual income in Canada for 2019 was $53,482, up from $52,061 in 2018

Jan 4, 2021 7:50 AM Read more >

U.S. blueberry trade action could affect 800 B.C. growers

Province joins federal response to investigation

Dec 30, 2020 1:45 PM Read more >