Economy, Law & Politics

TORONTO — Businesses are increasingly concerned about ESG fraud, which is when a company's environmental, social and governance efforts or data are exaggerated, embellished or distorted.

The double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic stressors is taking a toll on the mental health of Canadian adults, according to new data released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on Thursday.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada expects quantitative tightening to end sometime in 2025, deputy governor Toni Gravelle said in a speech Thursday about how the central bank plans to manage its balance sheet.

OTTAWA — The federal minimum wage is rising to $17.30 per hour on April 1. The increase from $16.65 reflects the increase in the annual average consumer price index for 2023.

Synagro Technologies is a majority owner in the residual treatment facility at Hartland.

In 2020, nurse Amy Hamm co-sponsored a Vancouver billboard saying 'I Love JK Rowling.'

Many people fleeing Iran ended up on the North Shore, but one SFU researcher has doubts about the way the Canadian government has framed it as a humanitarian program

Startup in Merritt, B.C., plans to build diesel-electric trucks in Terrace.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to begin cutting interest rates sometime this year, but officials are split on timing.

Zain Haq, co-founder of Vancouver-based group Save Old Growth, is slated to be deported April 22, 2024. His lawyer said he was unfairly targeted by the Canada Border Services Agency.