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Squamish’s Howe Sound Brewing has announced the second beer in its “Ales for Change” series and will contribute a portion of the beer’s sales profit to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS–BC) for marine and wilderness conservation in B.

The Fraser Institute’s annual survey of 2010’s top mining jurisdictions around the world was published Thursday, and there’s little good news for B.C.

All that glittered was gold for mining companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) last year.

The government has announced a new investment to protect jobs in Canada’s forest industry through the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program. Two mills operated by Catalyst Paper in B.C. will benefit significantly from federal funding.

BC’s largest wind farm has become fully operational. On Wednesday, Vancouver-based Plutonic Power (TSX:PCC) and its partner General Electric (NYSE:GE) announced that their Dokie Wind project in northeast B.C.

Canada may be half a world away from Somalia and the Indian Ocean, but the crisis of piracy and hostage-takings there is affecting businesses here in B.C. Canadian shipping companies like Vancouver’s Fairmont Shipping (Canada) Ltd.

Despite a drop in earnings due to the sale of its property information business MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) (TSX:MDA) saw a “blow-out” year in its systems business with overall revenues increasing 32.9%.

Real estate buyers get out your wallets – housing prices in B.C. are set to rise this year. According to Central 1 Credit Union , the median price for a home in B.C. will hit a new record of $402,000 this year, up from approximately $392,000 in 2010.

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New Olympic Village sales plan aiming for answers, drawing questions; Delta council helping write latest chapter in Spetifore farm’s ALR saga