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If you are a Groupon user, instant gratification for your bargain-hunting fixation is now at hand. Groupon has launched Groupon Now in Vancouver – the first Canadian city to get it. It is being initially launched in the U.S.

Visits to the United States by Canadians rose 4.2% in April from the previous month to 4.3 million trips – the highest figure since March 1995.

Just two weeks after a campaign was launched aimed at supporting the solar energy sector in B.C., the B.C. government announced 36 municipal governments are adopting policies that require new single-family home construction be built solar-ready.

B.C.’s wood-first policy got a shot in the arm Thursday when Penticton-based Structurlam Products opened a brand-new cross-laminated timber (CLT) plant in Okanagan Falls. The plant, which received $5.

Forestry titan Irving ‘Ike’ Barber became a doctor in name on Thursday. In Surrey, Kwantlen Polytechnic University awarded Barber a doctor of laws for his decades of service in B.C.’s resource sector, notably the forestry industry.

Renowned property developer John Evans is lauding the opportunities on Vancouver Island these days. After five years of work, Evans said Wednesday his Cayet project – a master-planned community in the Comox Valley – was finally ready for development.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney expects Canada’s strengthened housing market to moderate as the forces that drive demand weaken.

A study released today by Bettermen Solutions concludes that a failure to recognize the changing needs of working fathers could have a negative effect on a business' bottom line and keep women stuck under the glass ceiling.

New Gold (TSX:NGD) is throwing $20 million into the ground near Prince George this summer.

In the race to improve productivity and household incomes, winners and losers emerge among the Canadian provinces, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute .