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Vancouver residents are well on their way to meeting Metro Vancouver’s recycling target of 70% by 2015, according to Vancouver councillor Andrea Reimer, who is the city’s lead contact for its Greenest City 2020 Action Plan.

B.C.’s Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Investment announced today that the province’s January domestic exports exceeded $2.4 billion, an increase of more than $410 million from January 2010.

Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, have announced the government has pre-qualified its first 19 innovations for the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP

Telus Corp. yesterday made its long-awaited announcement that it would build a 22-storey office complex and headquarters in a block of real estate bordered by Robson, Georgia, Richards and Seymour streets.

Widespread media coverage about the controversial expansion of the Edgewater casino is overshadowing what is likely to be an equally controversial issue: a significant density hike along northeast False Creek, according to Vancouver city councillor G

British Columbia is facing a looming shortage of skilled and qualified workers needed for building a greener economy in the province. The shortfall could limit economic productivity and result in missed business opportunities over the next decade.

Canada’s trade surplus fell from $1.7 billion in December to $116 million in January, according to Statistics Canada.

BC Sports Hall of Fame CEO Sue Griffin told Business in Vancouver yesterday that she would reveal the design for her 20,000-square-foot facility’s Olympic and Paralymic wing at a private function later today.

The Hudson’s Bay Company announced this morning that it has secured exclusive Canadian franchise rights to open stand-alone stores and in-store outlets of the hugely successful U.K. fashion retailer Topshop and its male counterpart Topman.

The business of offering car-sharing memberships is getting increasingly competitive and popular thanks to high gas prices, reduced parking spots downtown and familiarity with car co-operatives’ services.