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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
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Mill workers look east for opportunities as paper industry woes eliminate B.C. jobs
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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 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 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 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 ArticleTransCanada wins bid for $5b gas transmission project
Progress Energy Canada Ltd. has selected TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP; NYSE:TRP) to design, build, own and operate a proposed $5 billion Prince Rupert natural gas pipeline.
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.
View ArticleSupreme court tells yoga college to straighten up
A BC Supreme Court judge this week ordered a Vancouver yoga teachers' school to stop offering courses until it meets provincial requirements.
View ArticleB.C. housing starts fall in December
Housing starts in B.C. fell in December, although total starts in the month were relatively flat compared with a year ago, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. announced January 9.
View ArticleDevelopers plan to turn Waldorf Hotel into condos
Condominium developer Solterra Group of Companies has bought East Vancouver's Waldorf Hotel from Marko Puharich for an undisclosed price and is expected to build residential units on the site that has...
View ArticleEldorado Gold to spend almost $100 million on exploration in 2013
Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold Corp (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) this week announced it would spend $98.5 million on exploration in 2013, and posted 2012 production results that came in just shy of its mid-year...
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