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With the $8.9-million acquisition of a Kelowna residential property, Victoria-based Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX-V: PAR.UN) has purchased its first B.C. property and is eyeing further investments in the province.

Vancouver city council’s April 21 vote to shift 1% of the tax burden from businesses to residents still leaves an unfair disparity, according to business tax reduction advocates.

Richmond-based Great Canadian Gaming Association (TSX: GC) (GCGA) today announced plans to buy the Chilliwack Bingo Association (CBA) in order to develop it as a community gaming centre.

Venerable B.C. department store Army & Navy is preparing for its biggest revenue day of the year April 27, when it holds what owner Jacqui Cohen calls “Canada’s largest shoe sale.

Vancouver-based junior mining company Crowflight Minerals Inc. (TSX: CML) announced this morning that its Bucko Lake nickel mine near Wabowden, Man. has resumed operations after a six-month suspension.

Vancouver city council’s unanimous decision to reject Paragon Gaming’s proposal to build the largest casino in Western Canada is putting two Concord Pacific towers on the east side of Cambie Bridge in peril.

Vancouver city council’s April 19 decision to allow taller buildings in Chinatown has prompted suggestions that owners of small plots of Chinatown land bind together to create a community development corporation.

Clothing and electronic stores have Boxing Day. In Vancouver, head shops have 420 Day. April 20 is the biggest sales day of the year for many Vancouver business owners who sell products related to marijuana.

A Burnaby-based paving company is being steamrolled out of Whistler.

High prices helped gas stations rake in the dough and boost retail sales across the country in February, according to Statistics Canada.