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Foreign investment and continued low interest rates fuelled Vancouver home price hikes in 2011 and are set to push prices higher by another 2.3% by the end of 2012, according to Royal LePage ’s fourth-quarter house price survey released January 12.

Provincial Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom has quietly rejected BC Ferries ’ proposal to cut up to 400 round-trip sailings from its schedule to cope with growing losses, Business in Vancouver has learned.

Passengers on the Canada Line will now be greeted with a bright, interactive wakeup call on their commute to work.

If you’ve ever used your smartphone or cellphone while travelling in the U.S. on business or pleasure, you may have experienced roaming shock.

A gondola proposed to carry passengers up Burnaby Mountain to Simon Fraser University (SFU) would cost $156 million to build and operate for 25 years, compared with $144 million to expand and maintain diesel bus service, according to a report by cons

Yesterday, the province announced it has reached an agreement with the Government of Canada to repay the $1.6 billion in transition funding it received when B.C. adopted the harmonized sales tax. B.C.

Spiritual guru Deepak Chopra opened the Chopra Yoga Center in Vancouver yesterday.

Bluestone.vc, a Vancouver-based venture capital firm, announced yesterday its investment in Vancouver’s MoneyBar Rewards Inc.

The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, which will stop showing laser rock shows on January 28, is gearing up for a $5.4 million fundraising drive so it can buy new projectors for its iconic circular theatre.

Sun Peaks mayor and Nancy Green’s Cahilty Lodge co-owner Al Raine has joined the chorus of tourism industry insiders urging the federal government to reduce fees on air travellers.