Apps apply winning edge to health care
Gamification reinforces healthy behaviour, like exercising or properly managing diabetes and other chronic diseases
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View ArticleSmall B.C. business, big Thai impact
Partnerships locally and abroad create a socially responsible enterprise improving quality of life in Thailand
View ArticlePolicy tinkering will send more logs overseas: NDP
New rules fail to protect sawmill jobs, says NDP critic – but loggers welcome changes
View ArticleFormer Air Canada pilot alleges Boeing and Airbus planes made him sick
Former Air Canada pilot David Bruce Zaharik is suing a raft of aircraft manufacturers and parts makers alleging that, while flying, he was exposed to toxic chemicals that made him so sick that he can...
View ArticleVancouver startups clean up at awards
HootSuite founder Ryan Holmes has been named Canadian entrepreneur of the year for 2012 in KPMG’s Canadian Startup Awards, and Vancouver startup Indochino was named best startup.
View ArticleSierra Wireless sells mobile broadband AirCard business
Roughly 160 Sierra Wireless Inc. (TSX:SW) employees in Richmond and Carlsbad, California, will be offered relocation to San Jose, California, to follow the company’s AirCard business, which is being...
View ArticleB.C. mining investment surged in 2012: Clark
The province's mining sector invested an estimated $680 million in exploration last year, Premier Christy Clark said Monday at the opening of a conference of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC...
View ArticleHD Mining sends 16 Chinese coal miners home
HD Mining has announced that it is sending 16 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) at its Murray River coal project back to China.
View ArticleBC Hydro pushes ahead $7.9b Site C dam
BC Hydro is pushing forward with its controversial $7.9 billion Site C hydroelectric dam project.
View ArticleAuditor General loses bid to see BC Rail agreement
The chief justice of the BC Supreme Court upheld the principle of solicitor-client privilege today, in a verdict against Auditor General John Doyle's bid to see the indemnity agreement that paid the...
View ArticleSauder MBA jumps 25 places in Financial Times ranking
The Sauder School of Business MBA program at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has jumped 25 places in the 2013 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking, UBC announced yesterday.
View ArticleEnbridge battle embroils B.C.'s Super Natural brand
Ecotourism entrepreneurs raise concerns over tanker traffic and risk of spills, as Northern Gateway review panel returns to Vancouver this week
View ArticleCraft breweries in B.C. taking bigger market share
Revellers in B.C. are increasingly celebrating with local libations from the province’s craft breweries.
View ArticleProvince, Ktunaxa reach mine revenue-sharing agreement
The province has announced an agreement with four Ktunaxa Nation communities to share revenues from new coal mine projects in the Elk Valley.
View ArticleInvoke Media spins out new tech incubator
The Vancouver company that spun out the social media juggernaut HootSuite is spinning again with the launch of a new tech startup incubator.
View ArticleSkills crunch, infrastructure gap threaten mining: Chamber
Canada can't sit on its laurels if it wants to preserve its mining edge, according to a Canadian Chamber of Commerce report released this morning.
View ArticleProvince confirms Evergreen contract, price tag
The province has officially awarded the Evergreen Line contract to a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin Inc., revealed its $889 million price tag and confirmed a construction start date.
View ArticleExclusive: BC Place steel contractor increases lawsuit claim by $13m
The lawyer for BC Place stadium's steel contractor told a BC Supreme Court judge this morning that his client, Canam Group, is increasing its lawsuit claim to $39 million from $26 million.
View ArticleGregor Robertson lobbies for national plan to support film, TV
Mayor Gregor Robertson is asking Ottawa to throw Vancouver’s floundering film and TV industry a life preserver.
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