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Canada escapes crosshairs as US takes aim at foreign trade

Businesses watching today's tariff announcements from the US…

Consumers get break as BC eliminating carbon tax April 1

Energy costs are set to go down starting April 1 as the province…

Whoa Premier! Proposed power grab needs a rethink

The Chamber takes pride in working well with any government,…

Inflation adds uncertainty to future interest rate cuts

A surprising uptick in inflation has increased the focus on April…

March 11 marked COVID national day of Observance

It seems like another lifetime. On March 11, 2020, the World…

Bank drops interest rate, citing trade war uncertainty

The Bank of Canada made another cut to interest rates today,…

BC pulls all US alcohol from province’s liquor stores

Serious, surreal and silly. Any of these work for describing…

Navigate the trade war seas with MNP resource kit

This week saw the first shots fired in a trade war started by…

BC Budget 2025 attempts to tackle trade war’s unknowns

The best news from yesterday’s BC Budget 2025 announcement…

Blanket change to TFW program makes little sense

Recent changes to the rules around Temporary Foreign Workers have…

How will tariffs affect you? Help us advocate for business

Help us help you. We know the threat of tariffs has already…

Food prices drop for first time since 2017: CPI at 1.9%

Canada's inflation rate ticked up slightly in January, to 1.9%. “The…