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High loonie, distressed American market providing good fundamentals for local commercial and residential real estate buyers

Canadian Olympic Committee branding gets simpler, clearer and stronger; NHL makes Sutton the place

Bruno Wall and brother Alf Wall are developing a project in South Surrey that, unlike previous Surrey condominium developments, is not aiming to convince Vancouverites to move south of the Fraser River.

Legendary financier and philanthropist Sam Belzberg turns 83 years old later this month but he’s not winding down his business activities. “I’ve seen too many people retire and die six months later,” Belzberg told Business in Vancouver last week.

Vancouver-based Village Farms International Inc . (TSX: VFF) announced today its plans to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse in Monahans, Texas. The project broke ground in early June.

More British Columbians were employed in May, pushing the province’s unemployment rate down 0.3% to 7.6%, compared with 7.9% in April.

Vancouver-based Stornoway Diamond Corp . (TSX-SWY) announced today that price estimates on diamonds at its Renard diamond project have increased 56%. Renard is Stornoway’s 100% owned flagship project located in Northern Quebec.

RE/MAX cited greater affordability, increased selection and pent-up demand as key factors in a potential market boom for recreational properties across Canada. The 2011 RE/MAX Recreational Property Report – released today – puts prices in B.C.

More than 500 chefs from around the world are converging on Vancouver this weekend as the city prepares to host the largest chefs conference ever held in the province.

Taseko Mines Ltd .’s immediate hurdle to building its proposed $1 billion open-pit Prosperity Mine southeast of Williams Lake is federal government approval. But project supporter and B.C.