BC Young Liberals push federal government for national energy strategy
The Young Liberals of Canada in B.C. are calling on Liberal Party members to support a proposed policy for a national energy strategy at a party policy conference next week in Surrey.
View ArticleVancouver housing prices to continue slide: Royal LePage
Vancouver housing prices have fallen year-over-year and will continue to drop this year, according to Royal LePage's House Price Survey and Market Survey Forecast, released this morning.
View ArticleSFU professor urges province to focus on creative sector
Simon Fraser University professor Rowland Lorimer believes he has solutions to create low-rent space for local artists and bolster B.C.’s tourism sector: a provincial government that is more attentive...
View ArticleWendy McDonald passes away at 90
Vancouver's business community is expressing its condolences following the passing of Wendy McDonald, longtime business luminary and 2006 Business in Vancouver Influential Women In Business lifetime...
View ArticleInvestment capital continuing to flow to B.C.'s junior companies despite...
Increasing interest from international and institutional investors bolstering exchange activity, TSX Venture president tells Business in Vancouver
View ArticleAsk the experts: I want to start a non-profit: what do I need to know?
Vision and productive group dynamics are key to a non-profit's startup success
View ArticleCommunication is key to successful selling
Businesses benefit from establishing trust early in the relationship
View ArticleCritics decry Vancouver Art Gallery expansion plan
Prominent Vancouverites pitch alternative idea of opening themed satellite galleries
View ArticleB.C. coal exporters back federal government’s plan to privatize Prince...
Users of the northern terminal say private capital could position it better for expansion
View ArticleAlberta oilsands luring B.C.-based ‘commuters’
Mill workers look east for opportunities as paper industry woes eliminate B.C. jobs
View ArticleDesigning a new vocation
Aboriginal artist and former lawyer finds joining art and law an award-winning – and money-making – combination
View ArticleCanada’s universities need more accountability, not more money
A great number of the public documents from universities are glitzy advertisements about the “good things” that happen on campus. …We could not find detailed information on the cost of educating...
View ArticleVancouver to host forum on doing business in India
Business leaders from India and B.C. will meet at a business forum to discuss business opportunities in the world's second most populous nation on March 12 at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre,...
View ArticleExclusive: Evergreen Line board pondered SNC Lavalin's legal troubles
Corruption allegations swirling around the company hired to design, build and finance the Evergreen Line rapid transit project were discussed at a meeting of the project board last June.
View ArticleU.S. company buys Vancouver tech company for $83m
Vancouver technology company Ultrasonix Medical Corp. announced January 8 that it will be bought by Peabody, Massachusetts-based Analogic Corp. (Nasdaq:ALOG) for $83 million cash.
View ArticleFirst Quantum pitches Inmet shareholders on revised takeover
Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM, LSE:FQM) is dipping deeper into its pockets in its second attempt to acquire Toronto-based Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN).
View ArticleUnder-review Rio Cristal retracts Peru mineral estimate
Vancouver-based Rio Cristal Resources Corp. (TSX-V:RCZ) this morning retracted the disclosure it made early last year of mineral resources at its Bongara project in north central Peru.
View ArticleWanted: New CEO for Finning International
Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) announced January 8 that CEO Mike Waites plans to retire this year and will stay on until the company finds a replacement.
View ArticleNPA councillor calls for food cart program review
Vancouver city councillor George Affleck plans to table a motion next week to change the city's food cart program to address restaurant owners' concerns.
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