Sky-high property costs stalling much-needed densification of Metro...
But brokers say intensifying development is helping alleviate limited supply problem
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NYCE Control makes wireless sensors for the growing home-monitoring market
View ArticleReluctance to hire can stifle growth
Hiring staff or consultants allows entrepreneurs to focus on growing their businesses, not their workloads
View ArticleWork with Australia to tap Asian market potential, former Aussie prime...
Summit told engagement with Asia is key to exploiting world’s economic growth engine
View ArticleTOIFA organizers defend B.C. investment in awards event
$11 million pumped into local economy, Times Group boss tells BIV
View ArticleFungus farmers set to reap crop worth $2,200 per kilo
First B.C. black Périgord truffle could seed rich investment harvest in province’s agriculture sector
View ArticleCarbon trading: A multibillion-dollar boondoggle?
The carbon offsetting market is worth billions, but insiders say it’s ineffective
View ArticleB.C. helping birth baby biotechs
Genome BC-CDRD partnership accelerating commercialization
View ArticleREIT executives eye acquisitions in high-growth areas
CIBC World Markets predicts 2013 will be fifth year in a row that real estate investment trust returns surpass TSX composite average
View ArticleWood waste energy helping drive forestry revenue
Companies expand capacity as bioenergy becomes a key bottom-line forest product
View ArticleResidents alarmed by Howe Sound gravel mine plan
But company says project will create jobs and help service huge local demand for gravel
View ArticleAsk the experts: What should I be aware of when recruiting newcomers to Canada?
Ditch preconceived notions about foreign workers and know the rules for hiring them
View ArticleGrowth returning to B.C.’s advertising and PR sectors
Companies anticipate new hires as ad agency revenue recovering from 2009 lows
View ArticleIpsos Reid sues former senior vice-president for allegedly breaching...
Pollster Ipsos Reid Corp. is suing former senior vice-president Catherine Dawson and her new company, Insights West Marketing Research Inc., over her departure from Ipsos to compete with the company.
View ArticleTroubled Vancouver biotech QLT announces US$200m dividend
The rapidly shrinking QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) announced on April 15 that it plans to distribute US$200 million cash to shareholders, or about $3.95 per share. The payout would go to shareholders of record...
View ArticleFinancial markets in turmoil
Joannah Connolly talks on Global BC about how the Boston explosions and Chinese data sent the markets plummeting
View ArticleLiberal fiscal platform for business
Joannah Connolly outlines the Liberals' business tax policies on Global BC
View ArticleB.C. government launches PST review and education program
The provincial government has launched a PST education program that businesses can use to help ensure their accounting and reporting systems are set up to comply with PST laws.
View ArticleVoteMining.ca launched to encourage support for the mining industry
The province’s mining associations have launched a website to garner support for the mining industries leading up to the 2013 BC provincial election.
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