British Columbia

Freedom-of-information request shows crises in housing and health care drive long queues for publicly funded beds

The former Kelowna MP is one of two directors of West Coast Proud, which spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads supporting B.C. Conservatives

Police often powerless to investigate fraudsters, leaving victims without options

Government alleges possibility of money laundering, but no criminal charges laid

Both David Eby and John Rustad have been lobbied by former public office-holders who served under their governments

West Coast Proud’s unmasked activities show the need for advertiser transparency, say experts.

Experts say more can be done to prevent the risk of big money influence in elections

AstraZeneca is the province’s number 1 supplier, with $1.3B in awards over last decade

Niki Sharma says re-elected government would introduce new rules on ‘grassroots’ campaigns after IJF and CBC Vancouver investigation

Company received exemption allowing it to hire temporary foreign workers without first offering those jobs to Canadians

School district’s accidental loss to vendor scam shows need for fraud risk management and training

Metaverse Foreign Exchange Group has been accused of swindling billions from investors in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

NDP says counting system denounced as ‘bold faced lie’ began with Conservative leader’s government

Company co-founder says he should have been transparent, defends message of the campaign

Big money is trying to covertly influence local government, politicians say

Company got rare exemption letting it hire foreign workers without first advertising jobs to Canadian residents.

Province has had more than two dozen major crane incidents, some fatal, in the last five years

West Coast Accountability tracks campaign contributions and procurement at 3 levels of government in B.C.

Panel makes novel finding that ezBtc was trading in futures contracts, making it subject to securities law

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Canadian company alleged to have defrauded hundreds of thousands in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had apparent link to B.C. consultants.

One money laundering expert calls it an “abuse of the system”

Bob Fraser of the Cynterra Group pledges he’ll repay funds owing to contractors ‘in the next few days’

Michael Bolton, one of Canada’s most renowned defence lawyers, denied Law Society allegations.

A judge stayed proceedings against a 72-year-old Vancouver man because of ‘cavalier’ police conduct.

Four years after RevenueWire signed $6.75M settlement with U.S. FTC, no sign of action in Canada

Securities investigators say Vancouver company orchestrated three ‘pump-and-dump’ schemes.

Surrey’s Rohita Pannu one of three professionals linked to accused scammer Hon Kit Chung

Internal report says mules are helping foreign crime groups launder money swindled from Canadians

Hon Kit Chung allegedly used complicated web of numbered companies, fake liens in B.C. scheme

Ordered to provide millions in damages for a failed hotel deal, Timothy Durkin has yet to pay

B.C. Securities Commission working to recover $34.8 million from Scott Low and his companies

Pastor files complaint against Cherie Evangeline White over affordable housing scheme

After 37 accidents in 10 years, critics say the tugboat industry suffers from lax oversight and enforcement

The Cynterra Group is at the centre of several lawsuits, along with concerns about advertising and a review by securities investigators

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Regulators say scheme netted masterminds $46 million while leaving other investors out in the cold

David Smillie is accused of defrauding customers of $13 million deposited on ezBtc platform

Internal documents reveal how and why the school hired private investigators to secretly record striking teaching assistants.

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Founder of failed B.C. company a no-show as hearing on alleged $13-million fraud begins

The provincial government is opposing the deal, which it says would sidestep legal obligations to consult First Nations.

And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

Kir Anvik is injected every month with a medicine she believes is doing more harm than good. But doctors are forcing her to take it

Importing grapes among multiple requests from wine industry lobbyists after grim harvests

Data suggest speculators currently play only a small role in real estate market

Vast majority of B.C. warnings about suspicious investments involve cryptocurrency

The mayor approved funding for health authority that gives millions in contracts to his private company

The province announced new rules for drivers, but companies are lobbying privately and publicly to reshape them.

Nurse Next Door and its franchises got $4.2 million in government funds in 2023-24

Four B.C. municipalities rank high on list of places with largest percentage of older residents, analysis finds

More than 130 senior officials in past provincial administrations have lobbied for companies that seek to influence current leaders

Rents getting less affordable as more homes converted to short-term rentals in tourist getaways.

West Vancouver, City of Vancouver place near the top of a list ranking municipalities for income inequality

Town’s income inequality is greater than disparities in Calgary and Edmonton

Wealthy urban ridings, especially those represented by higher-profile politicians, offered the most lucrative fundraising terrain for Canada’s federal political parties in the five years following the 2015 election