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Jobs, tourism and innovation minister Pat Bell will lead a March 27-31 trade mission to Beijing to show the Chinese housing industry the ecological benefits of building with wood.

A group of 17 Brentwood Town Centre cleaners and maintenance workers facing layoffs announced plans Tuesday for a public protest this Saturday at the Burnaby mall.

Russell Breweries Inc. (TSX-V:RB) will be selling its beer in Washington state thanks to a distribution partnership with King Beverage Inc. “It’s a good move for us,” Russell Breweries CEO Brian Harris told Business in Vancouver March 23.

Ridley Terminal Inc.’s expansion plans will be at least temporarily delayed if opposition parties, as expected, kill the federal Conservative government’s budget.

Vancouver-based Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB), formerly Cobre Exploration Corp., announced today that it has entered into a non-binding, exclusive letter of intent with Seabridge Gold Inc.

Telus Corp. (TSX:T) will invest nearly $83 million across the Lower Mainland to expand its wireless and wired networks. The investment is part of Telus’ $670 million plan to expand its infrastructure around B.C., according to the company.

Canada’s environment minister Peter Kent confirmed last week that the stalled Bute Inlet Hydroelectric Project will remain subject to the highest possible level of environmental assessment, if and when plans go ahead.

Small businesses might be getting help from this year’s federal budget, if the Conservative government can get it passed. All opposition parties have said they will reject the budget.

Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) had its largest-ever sales day March 21, recording more than $1.1 million in orders. “It was a milestone to pass the million dollars in revenue.

Following Monday’s announcement that the labour strike at Teck Resources Ltd.’s (TSX:TCKA and B) Elkview coal mine would continue, the company has lowered its output estimates for the year.