Goldcorp not giving up as hostile takeover bid for Osisko hits legal roadblock
The hostile takeover bid by Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) for Osisko Mining Corp. (TSX:OSK) suffered a setback February 4, when a Quebec court granted Osisko's application to sue Goldcorp for allegedly...
View ArticleVFX sector holds job fair, conference
Joannah Connolly discusses Vancouver's thriving visual effects industry and the shortage of skilled recruits
View ArticleWalmart's $500m expansion plans
Joannah Connolly reports on Walmart Canada's plans to build 35 new supercentres
View ArticleCIBC, RBC roll out mobile payment apps
Smartphone users are increasingly able to conduct financial transactions by using apps on their devices.
View ArticleWest Vancouver's economic salvation resides in real estate
Municipality's mayor pushing to change the face of West Vancouver retail strip
View ArticleLiving wage laws don’t help the needy
Aside from failing to help the poorest workers, living wage laws can also lead to higher municipal taxes
View ArticleThe overqualification equation: higher education, fewer jobs
Canada could be falling into a suboptimal equilibrium, in which a growing share of the working-age population has the wrong skills or inadequate educational preparation for the available jobs
View ArticleRegulatory complexities inhibiting Canada's economic growth
Canada's economic and social union is weak and ill equipped for the 21st-century economy
View ArticleMetro Vancouver home sales jump 30.3% in January
Metro Vancouver home sales stabilized in January, following a sluggish 2013, when sales were dramatically below the 10-year average, according to numbers that the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver...
View ArticleQ&A: North of the north
Northern Development Initiative CEO Janine North on the region's economic challenges, opportunities
View ArticleSurrey pushes $1.8 billion light rail plan
City survey finds strong support for LRT among developers and business owners, but TransLink has yet to decide on rapid transit options
View ArticleAsk the experts: It's a new year, and I need a new resumé. What should...
Recipe for a rejuvenated resumé: do your research, embrace digital avenues, be brief
View ArticleHealth Canada pulls not-so-natural products from Burnaby store
Products marketed as natural health products, but which Health Canada says contained undeclared prescription drugs that could be harmful, have been yanked from the shelves of Burnaby retailer West Box.
View ArticlePoCo's VendTek Systems sells Canadian business to focus on Brazil
VendTek Systems Inc. (TSX-V:VSI), a Port Coquitlam-based company specializing in prepaid and financial services software, has sold its Canadian business operations to the company's outgoing senior vice...
View ArticleSurrey office vacancies soar to nine-year high
City suffers highest annual negative absorption on record
View ArticleViaSport British Columbia boss and ex-VANOC sports czar building the business...
Former Canadian Olympian Cathy Priestner Allinger is harnessing her long Olympic Games experience to expand B.C.’s amateur sport agency
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.
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