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View ArticleAurizon advises rejection of Alamos bid, adopts rights plan
Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ) is advising its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid by Toronto-based Alamos Gold (TSX:AGI) and has adopted a shareholder rights plan.
View ArticleB.C. to host “copycat” Bollywood Oscars after being rejected for...
After Vancouver was rejected this week as the 2013 host city for Bollywood’s "Academy Awards," the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Premier Christy Clark has announced that B.C. will...
View ArticleInterfor acquires three U.S. sawmills for $80m
Vancouver-based International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) (TSX:IFP.A) has announced an $80 million deal to acquire three sawmills in the southern U.S. from Baxley, Georgia-based Rayonier Inc.
View ArticleThousands flock to voice concerns at #SaveBCFilm rally
What was billed as a town hall meeting to kickstart British Columbia's sagging film industry drew thousands of concerned people to the North Shore yesterday evening.
View ArticleVision Critical acquires DiscoverText
Vancouver-based market research company Vision Critical announced January 22 that it has expanded by acquiring Massachusetts-based technology company DiscoverText for an undisclosed amount.
View ArticleProposed Kitimat LNG facility nears reality
Ottawa yesterday granted approval to a proposed liquified natural gas facility (LNG) near Kitimat and a set of regulations to govern its evolution.
View ArticleB.C. government reappoints AG John Doyle after public backlash
In an abrupt aboutface, a legislative special committee tasked with appointing B.C.'s next auditor general (AG) has reappointed incumbent John Doyle.
View ArticleBCSC throws out charges against local finance exec
The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has dismissed allegations that the former president and CEO of TSX Venture Exchange-listed Coltstar Ventures Inc. engaged in market manipulation.
View ArticleSFU business students win top honours in national contest
Simon Fraser University's (SFU) Beedie School of Business captured the Academic School of the Year award at the prestigious JDC West case competition, held January 18 through 20 at the University of...
View ArticleVictoria to pump $113 million into new Emily Carr campus
The B.C. government will invest $113 million into helping Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD) build a new $134 million, 286,300 square-foot campus along Great Northern Way, Premier Christy...
View ArticleB.C. public servants earn 14% more than private sector: Fraser Institute
Public-sector workers at all tiers of government in B.C. out-earned their private-sector counterparts by an average of 13.6% in 2011, according to a Fraser Institute report released this morning.
View ArticleOlympian Ross Rebagliati to launch marijuana shops
Olympic gold medallist snowboarder Ross Rebagliati plans to launch a string of medical marijuana stores branded Ross’ Gold and then sell franchises depending on his stores’ success, Rebagliati told...
View ArticlePremium Brands to launch fish processing plant, buys seafood business
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) announced January 24 that it will open a new seafood processing facility in Richmond and operate it under the brand name C2C Premium Seafood.
View ArticleWebtech Wireless sells Nextbus for $20.75m
Burnaby-based fleet management technology provider Webtech Wireless (TSX:WEW) announced January 24 that it has sold its California-based Nextbus subsidiary to a division of Cubic Corp. (NYSE:CUB) for...
View ArticleFormer Forty under 40 winner among survivors suing over Richmond crash
A Business in Vancouver Forty under 40 winner is among the six survivors of a plane that crashed on October 27, 2011, near Vancouver International Airport who are filing suit against the plane owner...
View ArticleTalks break down between Western Wind, Brookfield
Deal talks have broken down between Vancouver-based Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX-V:WND) and Bermuda-based Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN), the companies have announced.
View ArticlePort okays controversial coal expansion
Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) has approved coal-handling upgrades at Neptune Terminals – one of two controversial local proposals to up coal-handling capacity in the Metro Vancouver area.
View ArticleSurrey mayor slams BCLC CEO for “inflammatory comments”
Surrey mayor Dianne Watts took aim at British Columbia Lottery Corporation CEO Michael Graydon for what she called "inflammatory comments" following Surrey City Council's rejection last weekend of...
View ArticleB.C. price hikes behind national average: Stats Can
Price increases in B.C. trailed national price hikes in December, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.
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