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BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER MAY 6-12, 2008; ISSUE 967

News & features

Global energy behemoths betting on B.C.

Business in Vancouver this week A new rush for gas could do for northern B.C. what the oilsands have done for Alberta.

MORE...

  Manitoba's Internet drug wrangle could be boon for B.C. businesses - Page: 3

Looming regulatory changes in Manitoba the hub of Canada's Internet-based pharmacy sector could result in more West Coast suppliers filling American prescriptions.

  Lululemon says aloha to lawsuit - Page: 4

Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s expansion to Hawaii in March has landed the yogawear retailer in B.C. Supreme Court.

  Port pollution rules sideline container trucks - Page: 5

About 250 trucks serving local shipping terminals have been idled by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority's (VFPA) new container truck environmental requirements that came into effect April 1.

  Forest industry testing agency scrapping for market share - Page: 6

Nothing gives Jim Shaw more satisfaction than wilfully tearing apart the products churned out by Canada's forestry industry especially as it finds itself bloodied in markets being described as the worst since the Great Depression.

  Sweet deal sends GLG Life Tech stock soaring - Page: 8

Vancouver-based GLG Life Tech Corp. (TSX:GLG) has announced that it has signed an agreement to supply US$200 million worth of a controversial artificial sweetener to one of the world's largest companies.

  Local biofuels promoter aiming to be coconut king - Page: 9

Raul Hernandez sees Richmond serial entrepreneur Rely Diego as being a "man of the hour."

  Real estate round-up - Page: 12

  NAI Commercial picks Metro Vancouver's hot apartment markets - Page: 13

Vancouver's Main Street area, the Middlegate neighbourhood of Burnaby and New Westminster are seen as the best multi-family markets for smaller investors this year, according to a report from NAI Commercial.

  Study finds northern real estate prices on the rise - Page: 13

The average house price in the Prince George region has increased by 84% since 2003, according to a recently released study by the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB).

  New jet service launched - Page: 19

A new partnership between Air North and the Queen Charlotte Lodge will see guests flown via charter jet service to Masset en route to the lodge.

  TRIUMF taps Richmond company'ssuperconductor welding technology - Page: 20

In the early stages of building its new particle accelerator, TRIUMF contracted an Italian metal fabricator, one of the few companies in the world with the electron beam welding technology needed to meet its precision specifications.

  Stadium getting high-definition TVs to go along with a new roof - Page: 25

BC Place Stadium is getting a new roof. It's also getting high-definition TVs.

  Auto pilot - Page: 33

Jack Meier knows people prefer reading about football players than insurance agents.

Hospitality & tourism

  Port expects fewer cruise passengers - Page: 14

Fewer cruise passengers will come through the Port of Vancouver this year than in 2007, according to the port authority.

  Suspension bridge welcomes district rezoning decision - Page: 14

The District of North Vancouver recently adopted a zoning amendment bylaw that removed limitations on development at the Capilano Suspension Bridge site.

  Industries team up to tackle labour issues - Page: 14

The B.C. tourism industry's human resources association, go2, and the British Columbia Construction Association (BCAA) have formed an alliance to promote employment opportunities for families.

  New report seeks to boost RV tourism in B.C. - Page: 15

The B.C. government has received a report containing recommendations to maintain and expand recreational vehicle park development in the province.


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  The Smart Money - Page: 10

John Caspar
By now you've heard the dire predictions: Oil trading at US$200 per barrel. Gasoline at US$7 per gallon. Galloping food inflation. And as long as we're talking "galloping," isn't that the four horsemen coming over the horizon?

  High Tech Office - Page: 20

Alan Zisman
Mike Gardner, CEO of Gastown-based Recombo, thinks his company has a new twist on an old High Tech Office pipe dream that will let businesses simultaneously do good for the planet and for their bottom line.

  Sales Moves - Page: 24

Jeffrey Gitomer
It's amazing how many e-mails I get from people, telling me that I can be a success if I just do it their way and pay them a bunch of money. The reason these people succeed with do-it-my-way ideas is that most unsuccessful people don't have the confidence

  Leadership Lessons - Page: 24

Rosie Steeves
A leadership retreat is a happy little bubble. But what happens after the bubble bursts?

  Public Offerings - Page: 34

Timothy Renshaw
Down on the reserve, anger, not enterprise, remains the coin of the realm. Small wonder, then, that limited progress is being made in curing the country's aboriginal economic and social ills.

  Podium - Page: 35

Alexander Moens
Scene: New Orleans. The "Three Amigos" are having a conversation about how the three economies of Canada, the United States and Mexico can reduce costly border security measures and differing product standards. Outside, protesters are waving banners and sh

Legal matters

  Judge's new report turns spotlight on B.C. farm labour - Page: B1

Tax Court of Canada judge Dwayne Rowe has highlighted in an April judgment what he considered the exploitation during the late 1990s of B.C.'s agricutural workforce.

  Justice in proportion - Page: B1

A push by the B.C. Supreme Court to resolve legal matters at a cost and pace proportionate to the magnitude of the dispute is attracting national attention, as the province attempts to provide greater access to affordable civil justice.

  Rewarding marketing excellence - Page: B1

The second annual HELM Awards take place next month to recognize excellence in legal marketing, organized by the Vancouver chapter of the Legal Marketing Association.

  Will we face a summer of discontent? - Page: B3

One of the many difficult challenges for our courts is determining where to draw the line on the right of aboriginal people to protest.

  Lawyers feted for dedication to legal aid clients - Page: B3

Two Kamloops lawyers have been commended for their years of dedication to clients of legal aid.

  Disputing constructive dismissal - Page: B4

In all wrongful dismissals, the onus of proving the fact that there has been a dismissal rests on the employee which makes constructive dismissal a risky form of dismissal claim.

  Legal Moves - Page: B5

  Sharing CEOs salaries - Page: B5

Disclosure of executive compensation in B.C.'s public sector will be expanded and clarified through recent amendments to the Public Sector Employers Act, Finance Minister Carole Taylor has announced.

  Rewriting wills and estates regulations - Page: B5

BC courts have been given the power to ensure a deceased person's last wishes will be respected, even if they are expressed in a document that doesn't meet the formal requirements necessary for a will, according to Attorney General Wally Oppal.

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