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One commission lawyer compared the case to a scene from the 2015 blockbuster The Big Short

Advocates say seniors across Canada are increasingly falling victim to financial abuse

The country’s largest pension plan has majority ownership of an oil and gas exploration company

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

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

Alberta has reinstated a controversial law that allows corporate and union donations in municipal politics

Lack of disclosure raises concerns about conflicts of interest and misinformation

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

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

Caban Condos customers say company failed to deliver promised real estate or return money

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

An extra $129 million has been awarded to IBM since start of 2022 even as Ottawa eyes replacement system

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

‘Classic Canadian compromise’ allowed firm to remain eligible for public projects, experts say

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’

Foreign governments say hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka lost savings to Metaverse Foreign Exchange, headquartered in Ontario.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And other insights from the IJF’s charity tax return data

Rights advocates and copyright holders don’t see how right-to-repair law would make it easier for consumers to fix their devices

Video-sharing app wants to convince provinces it’s valuable to Canadian content creators

There are about 16,566 listings operating without a licence nationwide

Data obtained in a joint investigation by Canada’s National Observer and the Investigative Journalism Foundation shows that federal and provincial government funding to Canada’s largest oil companies is on the rise.