Category: British Columbia Business News

BRITISH COLUMBIA – National Bank of Canada (NBC) has acquired Canadian Western Bank (CWB) for a reported $5 billion. NBC, based in Montreal, made the announcement Tuesday. The transaction is subject to the approval of...

OTTAWA – Consumer debt rose to $2.46 trillion at the end of Q1 2024, marking a 3.5 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the latest Market Pulse Consumer Credit Trends and Insights Report from Equifax®...

OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shared its disappointment that the federal government did not make amendments to its proposed changes to capital gains taxation. Today’s announcement and the...

OTTAWA – Last week, the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) introduced the Canadian Wildland Fire Prevention and Mitigation Strategy designed to increase awareness and investment in wildfire prevention and mitigation...

The following op-ed, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and his Fraser Institute colleagues Julio Mejia and Elmira Aliakbari, was published in Business in Vancouver on June 3, 2024. BRITISH COLUMBIA – On May...