West Van’s economic salvation resides in real estate
Municipality’s mayor pushing to change the face of West Vancouver retail strip
View ArticleQ&A: North of the north
Northern Development Initiative CEO Janine North on the region's economic challenges, opportunities
View ArticleImpact of B.C. river power projects on fish unclear
IPP study inconclusive, but Pacific Salmon Foundation confident environmental risks are low
View ArticleVancouver’s visual effects sector thriving
Spark FWD visual effects conference February 5 to in Vancouver includes a job fair where local VFX studios will vie for new talent
View ArticleCarolyn Cross: Cross roads
Carolyn Cross survived a plane crash and emerged with a sense of urgency to get her company’s medical device more widely adopted
View ArticleWalmart announces $500 million expansion in Canada
Richmond will not be the only Canadian city getting a new Walmart store this year. Walmart Canada has announced plans to build 35 "supercentres" over the next year across Canada.
View ArticleTelus opens $75 million data centre in Kamloops
Telus (TSX:T) has opened a $75 million Internet data centre in Kamloops that will employ 25 local residents, the company announced February 3.
View ArticleBuoyant B.C. beer sector boosts demand for brew schools
Craft breweries scrambling for talent as more brewmasters quit to launch startup ventures
View ArticlePremier announces Women's Economic Council
Eleven B.C. women have been appointed to a new Premier's Women's Economic Council.The group, several of whom are Business in Vancouver CEO of the Year, Influential Women in Business or Forty under 40...
View ArticleWest Vancouver's economic salvation resides in real estate
Municipality's mayor pushing to change the face of West Vancouver retail strip
View ArticleHome sales up over 30%
Fiona Anderson discusses January's jump in home sales in Metro Vancouver
View ArticleRecycling rules make exemptions
Fiona Anderson reports on changes to new provincial recycling regulations
View ArticleLandlord expects Pacific Centre retail expansion to be full by 2015 launch
Pacific Centre's owner expects the downtown Vancouver mall's 44,000-square-foot retail expansion to be full when both it and a 230,000-square-foot Nordstrom department store opens in spring 2015.
View ArticleSilver Standard to buy Marigold Mine for $275 million
Vancouver's Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX:SSO) will purchase the Marigold Mine, a long-producing deposit owned by Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) and Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX), for $275...
View ArticleVictoria stands by decision to cut ferry route
The B.C. government will follow through on controversial cost-cutting measures for BC Ferries, including the elimination of a route tourism operators say will kill their businesses.
View ArticleStrong Vancouver profit not enough to prevent Heenan Blaikie dissolution
Heenan Blaikie LLP’s 35-lawyer Vancouver office was one of the stronger of 10 global offices – but it was not enough to prevent partners at the 40-year-old law firm from voting for dissolution, Heenan...
View ArticleCondo owners urged to check strata fees
A local real estate expert is warning condo owners to check their strata fees are sufficient, after a recent legislative change that allows strata corporations to require owners pay for certain...
View ArticleCar-for-condo down payment promo a hit for local developer
A "car for condo" down payment promotion has proved a hit for a Vancouver developer in the short time since its launch.
View ArticleB.C. lags most provinces in wage increases: Statistics Canada
The average Canadian made $928 per week in November 2013, an increase of nearly 1% compared with the previous month, Statistics Canada reports.
View ArticleLondon Drugs luxury airline subsidiary puts five new Learjets into service
London Air Services, the private-jet air travel division of Richmond-based London Drugs, has added five new Bombardier Learjet 75 jets to its service.
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