Bernie Sanders Sanders campaign workers demand $15 hourly pay candidate proposed for U.S. workersvancouversun.com - Tracey Tufnail The organizers and other employees supporting them have invoked the senator's words and principles in making their case to Sanders' campaign manager …
Business (Canada) $249,000 vacancy tax on Vancouver home reasonable and correct: cityvancouversun.com - Keith Fraser The city of Vancouver has filed court documents defending a decision to impose a $249,000 vacancy tax on the owner of a Point Grey property. Read More
Food (Canada) B.C. orchardists fight to save lucrative cherry cropvancouversun.com - Glenda Luymes The helicopter is on standby. The tractors are fuelled up. And the farm workers are taking an afternoon nap. Read More
Business (Canada) Trans Mountain construction work can go ahead as National Energy Board re-validates permitsvancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish 73 per cent of the detailed pipeline route had been approved and 64 of 98 pre-construction conditions for the project have been fully satisfied Read …
Bank of Canada Bank of Canada mortgage stress test rate drops for first time since 2016vancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish Canadians may now be able to afford slightly more expensive homes Read More
Lifestyle (Canada) Landlord 101: No such thing as Easy Streetvancouversun.com - Claudia Kwan So you want to become a landlord: do you know what you’re getting yourself into? Read More
Business (Canada) Apple Inc. plans to open office in Westbank’s glitzy West Georgia towervancouversun.com - pdtechintegration Apple Inc. plans to open an office in one of Vancouver's most hotly anticipated developments, according to people with direct knowledge of the …
Justin Trudeau Trudeau says Ottawa open to proposals for B.C. refinery as gas prices soarvancouversun.com - The Canadian Press VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is open to proposals from the private sector for a refinery in British Columbia, as a public …
Business (Canada) Sawmill closure in Fort St. James prompts declaration of financial crisisvancouversun.com - The Canadian Press FORT ST. JAMES — The small community of Fort St. James has declared a state of local financial crisis in the wake of the closure and recent sale of …
British Columbia Politics B.C. posts $1.5B surplus as tax revenue increases and real estate market coolsvancouversun.com - The Canadian Press VICTORIA — The B.C. government ended its fiscal year with an operating surplus of $1.5 billion as the province collected more revenue from taxation …
Compensation Powerex CEO Thomas Bechard tops list of B.C.'s 10 highest-paid public executivesvancouversun.com - Scott Brown Thomas Bechard, the president and CEO of Powerex, the energy-trading arm of B.C. Hydro, is the highest-paid public executive in British Columbia, …
Business (Canada) Presale condo project sales rates hit new lows in Metro Vancouvervancouversun.com - Joanne Lee-Young The sales rate for presale condos hit a low of 14 per cent in June, with buyers signing sales contracts for only 73 out of the 519 units on the …
Business (Canada) Fake meat is 'no laughing matter': Plant-based protein will be worth $85-billion by 2030vancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish Read More
Bay Street High-flying loonie about to hit headwinds — and drop below 76 cents, top banks warnvancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish Reality check for the world’s best performing currency Read More
Vancouver, BC Douglas Todd: No room for low-income renters in Metro Vancouvervancouversun.com - Douglas Todd You think people wanting to buy a home in over-priced Metro Vancouver have it bad? The media have for years justifiably reported on their plight. …
BC Ferries B.C. gas price inquiry: Fuel company denies collusionvancouversun.com - The Canadian Press One of the largest fuel companies in B.C. a says there’s no retail market more competitive than gasoline in Canada and an executive denies any price …
Business (Canada) B.C. history comes alive in Uno Langmann's photo collectionvancouversun.com - John Mackie In 2014, antique dealer Uno Langmann donated 18,000 historic photos of British Columbia to the University of B.C. Library. Read More
Business (Canada) Slowest lending growth in 25 years reveals the true impact of mortgage stress testsvancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish This slowdown even more severe than the housing market slump sparked by the Great Recession in 2008 Read More
Huawei Canadians' views on Huawei deteriorate, suggests pollvancouversun.com - Tiffany Crawford Canadians' views on China and tech giant Huawei have deteriorated over the past five months, a new poll suggests. Read More
Business (Canada) Inflation eases (just enough) as Canadians pay less for gas and internetvancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish Reading will give Bank of Canada confidence it can continue to hold rates steady Read More
Air France-KLM KLM's breastfeeding policy leaves public outraged after mother was told to cover upvancouversun.com - Ken Bradshaw She said she refused but, after complaining to KLM, was told the attendant's response was in line with company policy Read More
Diamonds Why diamonds cost way more than they’re worth — thanks to this shrewd British companyvancouversun.com - Ken Bradshaw You know how you're supposed to spend two months’ salary on an engagement ring? It’s not in the Bible. It’s not some Ancient Welsh proverb. DeBeers …
Iran Iran says it pulled a foreign oil tanker with "tugboat" in the Strait of Hormuzvancouversun.com - Ken Bradshaw The tanker was approached by Iranian forces after sending out a distress call and was towed into Iranian waters for repairs Read More
Boeing 737 MAX Boeing to spend half of $100 mln fund to support 737 MAX crash victim familiesvancouversun.com - Ken Bradshaw Read More
Business (Canada) Alternative lenders gain ground as mortgage originations slow: CMHCvancouversun.com - Nicholas Sokic Updated: July 17, 2019 Alternative mortgage lenders saw more business in 2018 even though overall mortgage originations declined, leading to the slowest year-over-year …
Honey Un-BEE-lievable: A Canadian investigation found a lot of tainted honey being imported into the countryvancouversun.com - Ken Bradshaw Read More
Business (Canada) Three reasons Canada outpaces U.S. in office construction boomvancouversun.com - Evan Duggan Canada is punching well above its weight in terms of the country's overall intensity of new office construction when compared to developers in the …
Business (Canada) Decision Makers: Who is on the Passenger Transportation Board?vancouversun.com - Jennifer Saltman jensaltman@postmedia.com Read More
Business (Canada) $1.5 billion in frigate-repair contracts split among yards in three provinces, including B.C.vancouversun.com - Jeff Beamish The Davie shipyard in Quebec and Seaspan Victoria Shipyards in B.C. were each awarded a $500-million contract for maintenance work on the country’s …
