Red tape "costs $10b a year"
Joannah Connolly discusses a report on the burdens of goverment paperwork
View ArticleBusiness in Vancouver's Ask the Experts magazine
Each week, Business in Vancouver asks experts from across Metro Vancouver to share their advice on everyday business problems, like how to keep employees engaged or when to quit your day job and focus...
View ArticleSick staff in the office
Fiona Anderson discusses a survey on employees coming into work when sick
View ArticleOil transport report released
Fiona Anderson reports on B.C.-Alberta joint recommendations for transporting oil to the West Coast
View ArticleBC Aviation Council to tackle northern B.C. airport infrastructure needs in...
In a nod to northern British Columbia's booming resource economy, the BC Aviation Council will host its annual conference in Prince George, with a focus on how regional airports can manage...
View ArticleInvestment advisers “bullish” on stocks
Investment advisers in Canada are optimistic about stock performance over 2014’s first quarter, according to an adviser sentiment survey published by Horizons ETFs Management Canada January 29.
View ArticleLandmark agreement reached on B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest
After 20 years of conflict, the British Columbia forest industry and leading environmental groups say they have reached a final agreement between them on how much of the Great Bear Rainforest is to be...
View ArticleTransoft Solutions acquires Swedish aviation software company
Richmond-based transportation software developer Transoft Solutions Inc. has acquired Simtra AeroTech AB, a Sweden-based software supplier for the aviation industry, for an undisclosed amount.
View ArticleB.C.’s limiting of teacher bargaining rights...
The province’s limiting of teachers’ bargaining rights has been deemed unconstitutional by the British Columbia Supreme Court.
View ArticleCanadian M&A deals down in 2013
The total value of Canadian mergers and acquisitions in 2013 was $162 billion, down 26% from 2012, according to new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
View ArticleNorth Vancouver, Surrey chosen as Earth Hour finalists
The City of North Vancouver and Surrey are two of Canada's three most environmentally friendly cities, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
View ArticleCity of Vancouver aims to fix community consultation, fight loneliness
Vancouver residents can fight loneliness through sharing food, voting and just saying hello, according to a report released January 30 by the Engaged City Task Force.The report also recommends ways...
View ArticleStricter party bus rules needed one year after death: councillor
A Vancouver city councillor is asking the province to tighten party bus regulations one year after the death of a Surrey teenager.Geoff Meggs will introduce his motion at the next council meeting...
View ArticleRoaming charges hurting wireless providers
Fiona Anderson discusses smaller wireless providers' pleas to the CRTC for roaming charge caps
View ArticleGreat Bear forest deal reached
Fiona Anderson reports on the agreement between stakeholders in the Great Bear Rainforest battle
View ArticleCorporate taxes punish individuals, not corporations: Fraser Institute
Increases in corporate taxes hurt people and not "faceless corporations," according to a commentary published by the Fraser Institute Thursday.
View ArticleVancouver biotech to go public on Nasdaq
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, has filed an initial public offering on the Nasdaq – more signs that the battered biotech sector is in recovery.
View ArticleProvince to see escalating home sales: BCREA
Residential sales in the province are set to grow over 2014, according to the British Columbia Real Estate Association’s (BCREA) 2014 First Quarter Housing Forecast Update published January 30.
View ArticleBritish Columbians earn less than Canadian average, more than 20% less than...
The average worker in British Columbia took home almost 4% less than the average Canadian employee and more than 20% less than their Albertan counterparts in November, according to Statistics Canada...
View ArticleU.S. company acquires Burnaby’s Digital Payment Technologies
A Burnaby technology company that makes pay stations and software for parking lots has been acquired by United States-based T2 Systems.
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