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B.C. Environment Minister Murray Coell and Forests, Mines and Lands Minister Pat Bell have granted BC Hydro an environmental assessment certificate for its proposed Northwest Transmission Line project.

Solicitor-General Rich Coleman told Business in Vancouver that he will consider changing the way wines are taxed at restaurants if industry insiders want him to.

Fifty percent of Canada’s small business owners think the national economy is recovering slightly, while 20% think it’s no different and 15% think it’s declining slightly, according to the Sage Business Index 2011 – International Small Business Insig

Average investors in B.C. have been returning to the stock market this RRSP season.

West End apartment owner Gordon Nelson Inc.

During the recession, B.C. saw the biggest drop nationally in employment for “apprenticeable” occupations such as electricians, interior finishing trades and food services trades, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.

Vancouverites tend to be resistant to change, which likely stems from the fact that they live in the world’s most livable city and they want to protect that livability, according to mayor Gregor Robertson.

Vancouver’s domestic airfares were highest in the country in 2010’s first quarter, as the city hosted the Olympics, according to Statistics Canada data released yesterday. The average domestic airfare from Vancouver climbed 10% to hit $199.

Economic trouble in the U.K. has convinced Vancouver’s Sandman Hotels Inns Suites that it makes good business sense to expand there while real estate prices are soft.

The number of Canadians facing jail time for breaching securities laws increased in 2010, according to a Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) report released yesterday.