Business

How long can it go? Resilient economy enters 2019 with signs of weakness

Through much of 2018, Canada’s unemployment rate hovered near a 40-year low

Dec 27, 2018 6:40 AM Read more >

Pot industry employs more than 10,000 people across Canada

Employment in pot related jobs rose 266 per cent to an estimated figure of 10,400 in November 2018.

Dec 24, 2018 6:00 AM Read more >

Restaurants open Christmas Day in Greater Victoria

Here’s a roundup of some of the local establishments open on Dec. 25

Dec 22, 2018 5:40 AM Read more >

Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil pull B.C. LNG facility from environmental review

LNG project made the announcement one year after closing its Prince Rupert office

Dec 20, 2018 12:15 PM Read more >

NAFTA drama earns Chrystia Freeland CP’s Business Newsmaker of 2018

That white-knuckle ride in 2018 has earned Freeland the title of Canada’s business news maker of the year.

Dec 20, 2018 7:10 AM Read more >

B.C. cannabis company partnering with Labatt on non-alcoholic drinks with THC

Nanaimo cannabis company, brewery will each invest up to $50 million

Dec 19, 2018 6:29 PM Read more >

A timeline of the cases of Meng Wanzhou and the Canadians detained in China

A third Canadian has been detained in China since Huawei Technologies CFO was arrested in Vancouver

Dec 19, 2018 6:05 PM Read more >

Saanich plumbing company cracks open Christmas cheers

Rather Be Plumbing offers free labour Dec. 19 to 21

Dec 19, 2018 10:30 AM Read more >

Privacy watchdog says legal cannabis buyers should use cash, not credit

Some countries could bar entry to individuals if they know they have purchased cannabis

Dec 18, 2018 2:50 PM Read more >

Retailers feel the squeeze of their generous return policies

Technology data tracking can clamp down on fraudulent abuse

Dec 18, 2018 8:30 AM Read more >