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The Okanagan Valley’s cooler than average spring has winery owners who grow robust red wine varietals such as syrah, merlot and cabernet sauvignon worried. Pinot noir growers, however, say the season is right on target.

Vancouver-based sweetener maker GLG Life Tech (TSX:GLG) recorded a $5.8 million loss in the first quarter as its cost of doing business increased, the company announced Monday.

B.C.’s executives have a little more room on their desks this year. Only 38% of B.C.-based executives say they suffer from “information overload” compared with 52% in 2010, according to an online SAS Canada survey.

The provincial government is back on the hydrogen horse, kicking $870,000 Monday toward a new hydrogen liquefaction plant to be built in North Vancouver. Locally operated Hydrogen Technology Energy Corp .

Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) has issued a transportation alert, noting higher-than-usual vehicle traffic volumes and increased demand for taxis and public transit in the downtown core, thanks to cruise ship traffic this weekend.

Beating out the national competition, three Vancouver Island cheese-makers swept brie and camembert awards at the 2011 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix in the “soft cheese with bloomy rind” category. “B.C.

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) will be one of four provincial securities regulators reviewing the proposed merger of TMX Group Inc . and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

The B.C. government yesterday launched a $5 million “informational” harmonized sales tax (HST) advertising campaign that will run on TV, radio and in newspapers until early July.

The 10th annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which ends tonight, is on track to break attendance records. This is at a time when theatres across North America that show Hollywood films are in decline. Cineplex Inc .

B.C.’s cooler than average spring could not have come at a better time for Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc . (TSX:WB), which announced May 12 that its profits dipped 42% in the first quarter ending March 31. The ski resort earned $38.