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Census numbers don’t tell the whole home affordability story; bike lane business impact study gets rolling

TimberWest Forest Corp . (TSX: TWF.UN) says First Nations opposition to the sale of its Vancouver Island timberlands to two pension funds is unlikely to affect the transaction.

Bush pilot: Canada’s forestry leader is looking for government support to kick-start a wood-based bio-age and improve the railway system for lumber mills across the country

The City of Vancouver plans to release in late June its first-ever report detailing how it spends the tens of millions of dollars in community amenity contributions (CACs) obtained annually from developers.

Canada’s paper manufacturing industry is expected to post profits this year for the first time since 2002, according to the Conference Board of Canada .

Dishing up free education

Wildfires that have reportedly destroyed one-third of Slave Lake, Alberta, (pop. 7,000) have prompted Vancouver-based West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd . (TSX:WFT) to temporarily shut down two area facilities.

Videomatica closure highlights business risks of being the distributor, not the owner, of film and other creative content in the new digital world

Among the many arts festivals in Vancouver, Myriam Steinberg ’s In the House stands out because it is the only one that relies on volunteers to open up their homes and welcome complete strangers.

Construction delays mean the English Bay Cactus Club will not open until at least September and, more likely, October, owner Richard Jaffray told Business in Vancouver May 13.