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B.C. distilleries boost production

Comox-based Shelter Point Distillery is about to make its first batch of what will one day be one of B.C.’s first single-malt whiskies made in the Scottish tradition.

AgriMarine expands into Norway

Vancouver-based fish technology company AgriMarine Holdings Inc . (TSX-V: FSH) has set up a joint venture company to launch the commercialization of its floating closed containment fish-rearing technology in Norway.

Seair, pilot sued for fatal Saturna Island float plane crash

The wife of a woman killed in the 2009 Saturna Island float plane crash is suing Seair Seaplanes Ltd . and pilot Francois St. Pierre for damages.

Small business missing out on social media: BMO

Only 49% of B.C.’s small businesses are leveraging social media tools, a new BMO Bank of Montreal study has found, despite 57% believing social media is an important tool for business.

National Affairs

Advice for Jack Layton and the country’s new official Opposition

Focus is on highrises, not high crime rates

Available land, a pool of skilled workers and investment by three levels of government fuel a residential construction boom in the new city centre

Businesses bank on Bluetooth bonanza

Vancouver’s iSign Media pushing potential of smartphone proximity marketing for restaurants and street-level retailers

People On The Move

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Traffic tie-ups stalling retail recovery

> Businesses along Coquitlam’s United Boulevard are feeling the financial pinch as Highway 1 construction backs up roadways and deters customers

Cut red tape, business tells Tory majority

Advocacy group for independent entrepreneurs in B.C. cites laundry list of “crazy” bureaucracy in Ottawa