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Unrest, sabotage plague Eastern Platinum’s South African mine

Mine workers at a South African mine owned by Vancouver-based Eastern Platinum Ltd .

Proposed bill to benefit aviation industry

A new bill aimed at lowering interest rates for aviation companies using their aircraft as collateral for loans has been introduced into the B.C. legislature.

Entrepreneurialism alive despite CFIB criticisms

On the day when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) lambasted the country’s high school system for not doing more to encourage entrepreneurialism, Simon Fraser University (SFU) students had a strong showing at an Association of Can

Freelancers win $7.9 million copyright settlement

B.C. freelance writers will be eligible to claim compensation under a $7.

Heffel aims to set auction sales record

Recent news that the Diane Farris Gallery and the Buschlen Mowatt Galleries are soon closing is not getting Heffel Fine Art Auction House owners Robert and David Heffel down.

Michael Buble invests in $400 million Tsawwassen golf development

Investors in what is projected to be a $400-million, 490-home golf resort and residential neighbourhood in Tsawwassen are banking on star power to help them sell real estate.

First Nations lobby to halt Northern Gateway pipeline

Four BC First Nations are joining three Alberta bands and one from Manitoba in a march to the Calgary headquarters of Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) this morning to protest the company’s Northern Gateway pipeline project at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.

Technology at decade-old Wosk Centre already obsolete

Business groups and organizations such as the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (VPIWF) must now pay about $4,000 if they want to use interactive technology during meetings at Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.

Dayton Boots takes a walk to Granville Island

East Vancouver-based Dayton Boot Enterprises will open a second location May 20 on Granville Island.

Province commits $12 million to Geoscience BC

The provincial government has committed $12 million in new funding to support mineral and energy geoscience in the province through Geoscience BC.