SFU grad earns top prize for cancer-fighting venture idea
The fight against skin cancer is enlisting the help of smartphones to monitor suspicious moles thanks to a Simon Fraser University grad's venture idea.
View ArticleTeck Resources blames 44% profit decline on lower commodity prices
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A) is blaming a big decline in commodity prices such as coal and copper for a plunge in its fourth-quarter adjusted profit compared with the year before.
View ArticleVancouver city council mulls extended patio hours for restaurants
Vancouver restaurants may get to keep patrons on patios even longer if city council approves the extension of a pilot program allowing some eateries to keep serving people outdoors late into the evening.
View ArticleComcast's $45.2m offer for rival TV giant
Joannah Connolly reports on the bid by U.S. cable TV giant Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable Inc.
View ArticleWill end of investor visa cut house prices?
Joannah Connolly discusses the possible impact of the axing of Canada's investor visa program
View ArticleNew Prosperity mine critics travel from Northern B.C. to lobby Ottawa
A week after supporters of the New Prosperity mine made their case in Ottawa, opponents have travelled to the nation's capital to lobby against the proposed open-pit copper and gold mine in the Cariboo.
View ArticleTeraGo buys data centre in downtown Vancouver
More options are in the pipeline for B.C. businesses concerned over securing their data in the event of a disaster.
View ArticleVancouver entertainment tech company Gener8 opens VFX studio
A Vancouver entertainment technology company known for making characters from Harry Potter and Iron Man leap off the silver screen is branching out into the world of visual effects.
View ArticleTelus credits 120,000 new customers for growth in fourth quarter earnings
Telus Corporation (TSX:T) is crediting growth in its wireless and wireline revenue for a rise in its 2013 fourth-quarter earnings compared with a year ago.
View ArticleClark blames WorkSafeBC for failed Burns Lake sawmill investigation
Premier Christy Clark is laying the blame for a failed investigation into a fatal sawmill disaster squarely on WorkSafeBC.
View ArticleMovie mogul James Cameron buys into B.C. wine industry
Academy Award-winning director James Cameron has bought Vancouver Island’s Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery from founders Jeff and Susan Vandermolen for an undisclosed amount, Jeff Vandermolen told...
View ArticleVancouver's Go2 Productions wins major awards for digital mapping projection
A Vancouver-based video marketing company managed to light up the room and score a pair of major awards for digital signage this week.
View ArticleMoves and Appointments
Rick Antonson, president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, was awarded Skål International Vancouvers 2013 Bill Rowe Memorial Tourism Award for his role in contributing to the success and growth of tourism...
View ArticleMoves and Appointments
J. Najeeb Hassan has joined the partnership of local employment and labour law firm Roper Greyell LLP. Hassan was formerly a senior partner in the labour and employment group at Heenan Blaikie....
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Okanagan Colleges board of governors has re-elected both Tom Styffe as board chair and Connie Denesiuk as vice-chair. Styffe, now semi-retired, is an experienced construction project manager and...
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Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, has been appointed to the Metro Vancouver Transit Police Chiefs Community Council as well as the deans advisory board for Simon Fraser Universitys...
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Amy Carruthers has joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as counsel with the firms global energy group. Carruthers advises clients in the purchase and sale of energy, including structured energy...
View ArticleInsider Trading
The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.s public companies filed the week ending February 12. The information comes from a...
View ArticleThe buck drops here: up and down with Canada’s erratic currency...
While B.C. companies grapple with exchange rate volatility, purchasing power parity rankings chart a steadier course for the Canadian dollar’s valuation in the global marketplace
View ArticleFinding winners and losers in falling dollar fallout
Forestry, energy, tourism could benefit; retailers, consumers brace for higher costs
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