Business

Rising global debt holding back growth, opening up vulnerabilities: central bank

U.S.-China trade war, expanding global geopolitical unrest have been key worries for the Bank of Canada

Mar 15, 2019 9:00 AM Read more >

B.C.’s engineered wood leadership many years in the making

Cross-laminated timber is more than just high-rise material

Mar 14, 2019 3:30 PM Read more >

Facebook says outages due to ‘server configuration change’

Outages affected Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp

Mar 14, 2019 12:40 PM Read more >

B.C. needs to catch up in restoring old gas wells, auditor says

Taxpayers won’t be stuck with ‘orphaned’ wells, regulator says

Mar 14, 2019 10:00 AM Read more >

Canada’s Big 5 bank CEOs pay rises 6.5% to earn $54M in 2018

Volatility in equity markets last year also put pressure on the banks’ valuations

Mar 14, 2019 6:40 AM Read more >

B.C. housing slump has begun to slow economy, credit union economists say

Central 1 not predicting recession, but ‘sharp contraction’ in construction

Mar 14, 2019 6:30 AM Read more >

Black Press Media wins awards for best email newsletter, best contest

Recognition for ‘This Week in B.C.’ newsletter and 2018 Amateur Photographer of the Year contest

Mar 13, 2019 5:00 PM Read more >

VicPD takes fraud to the forefront at Esquimalt town hall

Police talk business safety and fraud prevention on March 14 at Esquimalt Recreation Centre

Mar 13, 2019 4:40 PM Read more >

U.S. grounding of Boeing jet shows limits of company’s clout

President Donald Trump announced the 737 Max 8 and Max 9 jets in the U.S. were being grounded

Mar 13, 2019 3:55 PM Read more >

Old Hillcrest Chinese Cemetery receives financial support from Island business leader

The 74-year-old cemetery is a Provincial Historic Site and contains 127 Chinese Canadians

Mar 13, 2019 1:30 PM Read more >