Immigrants' party to run in Richmond election

Remember the "first Chinese Canadian political party"? Yes, the National Alliance Party set up last year by mainland Chinese immigrants Chen Weiping. Chen, 49, has just announced on Sunday that he and his team will berunning in the next civic election in Richmond. Chen...

A Vancouver house is 35% dearer than Toronto's

"British Columbia's affordability conditions deteriorated across every housing segment at the end of 2007, and the province remained the least affordable province in Canada to purchase a home, according to the latest housing report released today by RBC Economics."

BC has highest use of non-official languages at work

"In 2006, employment rates for both immigrants and Canadian born increased from those of 2001. The census also shows that BC remains to be the province with highest use of languages other than English or French at work."

Job growth ups 11% in Vancouver in five years

"Employment in Vancouver reached 1,104,800 in 2006, a gain of 11.0% from 2001, acording to the latest census data. This was faster than the 9.6% growth rate from 1996 to 2001."

1 in 13 says using more than one language at work in BC

"New data from the 2006 Census reveal that British Columbia and Alberta led the way in employment growth between 2001 and 2006. Over the five-year period, the 1.7% annual average national employment growth rate was surpassed only in Alberta (2.9%), BC (2.1%) and the three...

Home buying intentions slip significantly in BC

"Higher prices and concerns about the economy get the blame as few people in BC intend to buy a home in the next two years.RBC Royal Bank's latest homeownership survey finds that 26% of British Columbians are either "very likely" or “somewhat likely" to buy a home this...