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B.C. led the way in the sharpest decline in the number of business bankruptcies in 2010. According to a report by CIBC World Markets , B.C. business bankruptcies fell 43.4% for the year ending October 31, 2010. That compares to the 26.

Canada gained 69,000 jobs last month, but B.C. can’t share in the good news.

A Vancouver gold company is looking for funds in Canada to develop its project in South Africa. Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX:GBG) plans to raise $75 million to provide working capital for its Burnstone gold mine 80 kilometres southeast of Johannesburg.

If Canadian forest companies want to compete in the global marketplace they need to embrace the coming “bio-age.

A shopping centre in Red Deer, Alberta, is the latest property sale by Richmond’s Huntingdon Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:HNT.UN). The income trust sold the 56,347-square-foot Deer Park Shopping Centre for $16.1 million.

Vancouver’s mining community saw its first major deal of the year Thursday when U.S. giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) announced a deal to buy local yellow metal explorer Fronteer Gold (TSX:FRG). The takeover is valued at $2.

B.C.’s business leaders are looking beyond their borders for success these days, with many hoping that free trade agreements will be extended beyond the U.S.

Brown is a healthy colour for coffee beans. A new UBC study to be published in Food Research International has found that most of the antioxidants found in coffee result from the roasting process that turns the naturally green coffee beans brown.

B.C.’s small and medium-sized businesses were feeling more optimistic about things last month, with the B.C. confidence barometer rising to 71.1 compared with 67.5 in December.

With YouTube and Netflix among the dominant players providing online video, other companies looking to enter the market will need to take a targeted approach.