Sears laying off 79 employees in Vancouver, 800 employees across Canada
Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) is laying off 79 employees at its Vancouver service centre and a total of 800 employees nationwide over the next six months, the company announced November 26.
View ArticleOverseas buyers dominate Vancouver retail real-estate purchases
Foreign buyers accounted for 60% to 65% of all the retail real estate and half of all the office buildings sold in downtown Vancouver over the past 15 months, according to survey by CBRE, which looked...
View ArticleBritish Columbians earning – and working – less than Canadian...
Employees in British Columbia earned an average of $877 per week in September – more than 8% below the national average of $918, announced Statistics Canada November 27.
View ArticleCanfor planning wood joint venture in China
A new Chinese sawmill Canfor (TSX:CFP) plans to invest in will make some of the same products that are currently cut in the company's Quesnel mill, set to close in March, and for the same market.
View ArticleNew tech startup accelerator launched
Post secondary institutes in Vancouver and Victoria have partnered to create a new startup business accelerator.
View ArticleIncentive-heavy condos break ground in New Westminster
Offering generous incentives appears to have paid off for the Censorio Group which broke ground November 26 on its 21-storey Elliott Street tower in New Westminster.
View Article'Sharing economy' delivery service Zipments to open in Vancouver
A new delivery service launched in Vancouver November 27 aims to "disrupt" retail deliveries and take advantage of the sharing economy.
View ArticleInsolvency filing by LNG Partners may impact Douglas Channel project
Golar LNG Ltd. (Nasdaq:GLNG) said recent insolvency filings in British Columbia by LNG Partners LLC may impact the "execution path" for a floating liquefaction project in Kitimat’s Douglas Channel.
View ArticleNew tech startup accelerator
Jen St. Denis reports on the launch of VentureLabs, a tech accelerator by three B.C. post-secondary schools
View ArticleCanfor in Chinese lumber venture
Jen St. Denis discusses Canfor's joint-venture lumber processing facility in China
View ArticleB.C. to offer public-sector wage hikes tied to economic growth
The British Columbia government says it will head into the next flurry of public-sector labour negotiations with an offer of limited wage hikes and a plan to link employee raises to the province’s...
View ArticleNational Energy Board tells companies to publicly disclose hydraulic...
Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) has joined forces with FracFocus.ca to get oil and gas companies to publicly disclose information on the fluids used in their hydraulic fracturing operations.
View ArticleB.C. business confidence grows to highest level in two years
Business confidence in British Columbia grew in November to its highest level since mid-2011, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) announced November 28.
View ArticleDemands in workplace up; employers should pay for training: survey
The majority of working Canadians feel their employers are demanding more from them than they were five years ago, and believe that the companies should foot the bill for training to meet those...
View ArticleB.C. businesses jump on Black Friday bandwagon
Vancouver retailers, including Future Shop and 4,000 merchants in a dozen Vancouver business improvement associations, are jumping on the American Black Friday tradition with extended shopping hours.
View ArticleNPA questions 1.9% property tax increase in Vancouver's 2014 budget
The City of Vancouver plans to spend $1.2 billion in 2014 and raise property taxes by just under 2%, according to budget documents released November 27.
View ArticleB.C. lowers natural gas royalty expectations
British Columbia released second quarter fiscal updates November 27, lowering its natural gas royalty expectations for 2013/2014.
View ArticleSurrey businesswoman wins top national award
Lisa Tuningley now wants to help influence other women in Canada’s male-dominated rail industry, saying their leadership can spur innovation
View ArticleBusiness Excellence Series: Marketing to Increase Sales
Four times a year, Business in Vancouver promotes the message of business excellence with our award-winning Business Excellence Series. Topics identify specific issues that contribute to business...
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