Election issue brews over beer taxes
How do you know an election is around the corner? When a politician promises a break on the price of beer.
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View ArticleDelay to AG's carbon report
Timothy Renshaw discusses the delay to the carbon offset report on Global BC
View ArticleYVR fees drive customers away
Timothy Renshaw explains on Global BC why fees at YVR are hurting business
View ArticleBetter links between school and work needed to improve skills: report
Canada's education system is strong but need stronger links between high school, post-secondary and the workforce, according to a Conference Board of Canada report released today.
View ArticleB.C. real-estate recovery will be slow and weak: Central 1
A B.C. credit union is predicting a weak, slow recovery for home sales across the province this year.
View ArticleNew hires need lots of training – but federal budget helps: BMO study
New employees are not entering the workforce with all the skills they need for their new jobs, a new BMO report concludes.
View ArticleElectric cars to be showcased after B.C. extends clean energy vehicle...
The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association (VEVA) will be sponsoring an electric vehicle (EV) showcase April 6 and 7 at the Village at Park Royal, just a week after the B.C. government issued a...
View ArticleFirst B.C. sockeye farmed on land to hit store shelves next week
A Surrey company will be delivering sockeye salmon raised in closed containment pens to Vancouver supermarkets next week.
View ArticleCarbon offsets at boiling point as AG report remains under wraps
A potentially damning report by the auditor general on the provincial government's controversial carbon-neutrality policies is being withheld from the public, pending a probe into a breach of...
View ArticleTimes of India film awards producer scuttled Surrey event
The Surrey Board of Trade says it has been snubbed by the Times of India Group, which has scuttled a Surrey event during its taxpayer-funded celebration of Bollywood cinema, concluding next week in the...
View ArticleIsland bands get land in incremental treaty settlements
A decade after the Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo rejected a comprehensive treaty settlement, clinging instead to its Douglas Treaty rights, the band is settling for much less as part of an ongoing...
View ArticleNominations announced for social enterprise awards
Social enterprises are invited to apply for Trico Charitable Foundation’s nationwide Social EnterPrize Awards.
View ArticleSmall business owners plan to hire: CFIB
Small-business confidence in Canada dipped in March, but many business owners still intend to hire, according to a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report released this morning.
View ArticleMacDonald Dettwiler sells $288m in shares to fund growth
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA), has closed the sale of 4,145,750 shares worth $288 million.
View ArticleSquabble continues over cost-sharing for new RCMP digs
Discussions are ongoing between Victoria and Ottawa about cost-sharing for the newly opened RCMP regional headquarters in Surrey, which the Mounties still hope will include a private bar.
View ArticleAG, fairness monitor Evergreen Line reports sidestep contractor's troubles
A report by the Auditor General on the Evergreen Line released this morning and the report by the project's fairness monitor, which was completed six months ago but only published yesterday, both...
View ArticlePacific Sun Hotel Inc. and John Doe #1 dba Hotel Grand Pacific and 0933246...
Defendants: Pacific Sun Hotel Inc. and John Doe #1 dba Hotel Grand Pacific and 0933246 B.C. Ltd. dba VI Banking and John Doe #2 dba VI Banking 1300–777 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver and 402-800 Kelly Rd.,...
View ArticleEconospan Structures Corp. 533 Nicola St., Kamloops
Defendant: Econospan Structures Corp. 533 Nicola St., Kamloops
View ArticleKristina Heiss–McKay and Coastline Projects Ltd. 242–2906 W....
Defendants: Kristina Heiss–McKay and Coastline Projects Ltd. 242–2906 W. Broadway and 3350 W. 53rd Ave., Vancouver
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