VANCOUVER — Geopolitical trends could make the future fight against inflation harder, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said during a year-end speech Monday where he warned that getting price increases under control would not be easy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was one of three main surprises to the Bank of Canada this year that […]

VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby says the provincial auto insurer is applying for a two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance to help alleviate some of the high cost-of-living pressures on British Columbians.  He says if the application by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. is approved by the provincial utilities commission, it will mark five […]

SURREY, B.C. — The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in February. RCMP say a group of about 20 people armed with axes attacked security guards and smashed vehicle windows at the site near Houston, […]

VICTORIA — Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia’s forests minister, but Premier David Eby had other ideas and now she’s in charge of managing the province’s purse strings.  The veteran New Democrat, who was first elected in 2005, says she was surprised and honoured to be appointed finance […]