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North Vancouver commercial real estate is beginning to rebound, according to a report by commercial real estate services company Avison Young this morning.

Charitable donations to Canada’s community foundations, including those in B.C., are rebounding, Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) announced this morning.

A 21% year-over-year increase in April housing starts for multiple-family has offset a drop in single detached housing starts in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) reported this morning.

A group of Vancouver scientists will join a team of European researchers in examining how the human genome behaves in various diseases.

Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc . (TSX:ZPP) announced Thursday it has struck a deal with its sister company in China – Zongshen Power – to build 4,000 motorcycle repair shops in China.

FortisBC has filed a two-year revenue requirement application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) that, if approved, would increase rates for natural gas delivery service for most residential customers in the province, effective Jan

The Pacific Carbon Trust , a Crown corporation, has bough t84,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emission offsets from natural gas developer Encana Corp . (TSX:ECA) – a reduction equivalent to taking 22,050 cars off the road for one year.

Nine out of 10 restaurateurs surveyed recently blame the HST for a drop in sales, and 68% say they will vote to scrap the new harmonized tax in a June referendum, according to a recent online survey.

Canfor Corp . (TSX:CFP) reported a net income of $32.3 million for 2011’s first quarter, compared with $55.4 million in 2010’s fourth quarter. The company cited the stagnant U.S.

Richmond-based Free Energy Power Corp . (TSXV: FFX) is receiving funding to help it build a power generating plant that will reuse waste heat from Alberta’s Swan Hills oil fields of to produce electricity. The company recently received a $2.