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B.C. tight-lipped on compliance with property ownership registry

B.C.’s Land Owner Transparency Registry faces questions over its effectiveness as the government refuses to confirm whether any penalties have been issued for non-compliance. In...

Watchdog claims tests show Metro Vancouver incinerator a ‘significant health risk’

Environmental watchdogs say new testing shows a Burnaby waste incinerator is emitting dangerous levels of toxins, however regional air-quality officials aren’t buying their claim. Zero...

Bankrupt B.C. Ponzi scheme architect can’t clear $6.8M repayment order

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reassured the B.C. Securities Commission that a bankrupt man cannot discharge the $6.8 million he has been ordered to...

B.C. broker who exchanged gunfire with cops fined $35K for mortgage fraud

A former registered submortgage broker, who was sentenced in February to a four-year prison term after exchanging gunfire with police, has been fined $35,000 for...

Local and foreign ‘finfluencers’ may be skirting B.C. stock market rules, regulator warns

A new version of stock touts has emerged over the past decade that has increasingly caught the attention of local securities regulators. The B.C. Securities...

Canaccord penalized $3M after loose oversight of $779M in penny stock trades

Vancouver-headquartered investment and brokerage firm Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (TSX:CF) has agreed to pay a $2.85 million penalty for failing to fulfill its gatekeeper obligations...

B.C. man faces criminal charges for withdrawing funds against a bank freeze order

A Vancouver resident who allegedly played a key role in a fraudulent $46 million pump-and-dump scheme involving three B.C. penny stock companies is now facing two criminal charges...

Metro Vancouver board trims pay, calls on province for governance changes

The Metro Vancouver Regional District board of directors is calling on the provincial government to join a new committee aimed at reforming its own governance...

B.C. man fined for steering investors to dealers without registration

The B.C. Securities Commission announced a hearing panel has fined a B.C. man and his company $100,000 total for unregistered investment referrals with two unidentified registered...

B.C. premier eyes home price declines unlike federal housing minister

B.C. Premier David Eby says his housing policies are intended to result in a decline in home prices — an outcome new federal Housing Minister...

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