B.C.'s growing telehealth trend
Joannah Connolly reports on B.C. companies advancing telehealth technology
View ArticleB.C. companies in the spotlight at renowned digital media convention
This year’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Technologies conference, known as SIGGRAPH 2013, features a number of B.C.-based programmers and digital artists offering high-profile...
View ArticleDan-D Foods gets multimillion-dollar funding from First West Capital
Dan-D Foods has received approximately $3 million in funding from B.C.-based First West Capital to purchase its production, head office and warehouse facility in Richmond.
View ArticleVancouver votes to spend $6 million to set up bike share
Vancouver city council voted to approve a proposal to set up a bike share system July 23.
View ArticleWoodfibre Natural Gas Limited seeking export licence from NEB
Woodfibre Natural Gas Limited, a company proposing a small LNG plant on the former site of Western Forest Product’s pulp mill near Squamish, has applied for an export licence to the National Energy...
View ArticleCanadians reduce household debt repayment by 13% in 2013: BMO
Canadians are paying 13% less per month to pay off debt than in 2012, but the number of Canadians who carry some form of debt has increased, according to a BMO report released July 24.
View ArticleLDB's Vancouver warehouse on the block this fall: new liquor minister
Attorney General Suzanne Anton, whose portfolio includes liquor sales and regulation, said July 23 in a budget hearing at the Legislature that the Liquor Distribution Branch's Vancouver warehouse will...
View ArticleBC Liberals claim progress on debt reduction
The BC Liberals say they have chopped spending and made strides in reducing the provincial debt.
View ArticleTaxpayers funding corporate welfare
Timothy Renshaw reports on how taxpayers are funding corporate welfare grants
View ArticleLNG plants seek skilled labour
Timothy Renshaw reports on how LNG plants will create mass job vacancies
View ArticleMining results and household debt
Paul Harris sums up mining results and reports on falling household debt on Global BC
View ArticleGoldcorp reports $1.9 billion loss, Teck’s profits down
Falling commodity prices have translated to disappointing second-quarter results for two of B.C.’s biggest mining companies.
View ArticleVancouver Foundation president names new president and CEO
The Vancouver Foundation is getting a new president and CEO.
View ArticleLocal tech firm partners with West Vancouver country club on new mower battery
Dynamic Energy Solutions Ltd. (DES), a Vancouver company specializing in power storage products, has developed a lithium-ion battery for Capilano Golf and Country Club’s greens mowers.
View ArticleMinistry of Education to implement new student information service
The Ministry of Education announced July 23 that it plans to replace its $100 million student information system, beginning in 2014.
View ArticleFirst Nations pipeline group names Bob Rae as chairman
Former Liberal Party of Canada interim leader Bob Rae is the new chairman of a First Nations consortium executing a large-scale pipeline project in northwest B.C.
View ArticleAcross Canada, B.C. small businesses are most concerned about red tape: CFIB
B.C. small business owners are showing a "steady optimism," but are the most concerned in the country when it comes to the effect of tax and regulatory costs, according to the Canadian Federation of...
View ArticleB.C. leads surge in wood products manufacturing: StatsCan
Wood products manufacturers have seen a 19.7% jump in production in the 12 months leading to May, with much of the gain benefitting B.C. companies, Statistics Canada reported July 24.
View ArticleForestry acquisitions lead deal-making in second quarter: PwC
Forestry deals made waves in an otherwise "quiet" second quarter, PwC reported today (July 26).
View ArticleJuly natural gas and petroleum sale nets more than $6 million for B.C.
The provincial government sold 19 plots of land in northeast B.C. for $6.39 million at its monthly natural gas and petroleum sale on July 24.
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