Wind deals blow to wireless auction
Joannah Connolly discusses the impact of Wind's withdrawal from the wireless spectrum auction
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Joannah Connolly reports on the latest cohort for UBC's social enterprise accelerator
View ArticleVancouver biotech with baldness cure now listing on TSX Venture exchange
RepliCel Life Sciences Inc., a Vancouver company that has been developing a cure for baldness, has graduated from the OTCBB (over the counter bulletin board) to the TSX Venture exchange.
View ArticleNon-profits increasingly pressed for space in Surrey
City’s rapid growth putting squeeze on charities and other non-profit organizations
View ArticleLiving wage policies hurts some workers: Fraser Institute
Should Vancouver and other municipalities in the region ever decide to follow New Westminster's lead and adopt a living wage policy, it might benefit some low-income workers at the expense of others, a...
View ArticleInsider trading
The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.Â’s public companies filed by the week ending January 8. The information...
View ArticleRoad congestion costing B.C.'s economy billions in lost productivity and...
The future of Lower Mainland transit improvements depends on where infrastructure funding comes from and where it will deliver the greatest benefits
View ArticleBill Bennett travels to Ottawa to push New Prosperity
In early December, Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett vowed to travel to Ottawa and speak with federal politicians to highlight the importance of developing Taseko Mines' (TSX:TKO) controversial...
View ArticleAccelerating boat-to-fork, farm-to-plate businesses
Sauder business school program designed to help entrepreneurs build social ventures
View ArticleSmall business report: New net phone targets small business
Internet-based phone service designed for micro-businesses
View ArticleAsk the experts: My business is growing, and I need new office space. What...
Make sure location, lease and landlord fit your company's business goals
View ArticleClark government bungled fatal sawmill fire investigation: NDP
Although Crown prosecutors blamed WorkSafeBC investigators for failing to follow proper investigation procedures in its handling of a fatal sawmill fire in Burns Lake in 2012, the B.C. New Democrats...
View ArticleAir Canada Rouge joins proposed Canada Jetlines with hiring spree in Vancouver
Air Canada's wholly owned discount airline Rouge has launched a recruitment campaign to hire more than 100 Vancouver-based flight attendants in time for the airline's spring launch of flights out of...
View ArticlePellet plant could solve northwest waste wood woes
First Nations forestry company hopes wood pellets will lead to a future sawmill
View ArticleAfter more than eight months, IKEA management and Teamsters still butting heads
The ongoing labour dispute between IKEA Richmond and the Teamsters Local 213 has barely budged since the union served IKEA with a 72-hour strike notice on May 9, 2013.
View ArticleSmall business report: HSBC opts out of small-business business
New bankers easy to find, but without a long-standing relationship with them, small-business access to loans is limited
View Article$15m renovation helps Hard Rock Casino rebound
Interior design key to breathing new long-term business life into hospitality venues
View ArticleKwantlen launches brewery diploma program
Kwantlen Polytechnic University is launching a new course in the fall to train people for a dream job: brewing beer.
View ArticleCanadians kicked out of U.S. now have avenue for appeal: court ruling
A recent U.S. district court ruling is exciting B.C. business advocates because they believe it will provide Canadian travellers with more protections should they run afoul of expedited-removal laws.
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