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Yet another online group-buying service, or a daily deal website, has launched in Vancouver. Toronto’s RedflagDeals.com , a decade-old bargain shopping community, is launching dealoftheday.

Metro Vancouver’s plan to divert up to 70% of garbage from the landfill by 2015 is creating business opportunities for companies in the trash industry.

Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX) plans to open a new entertainment complex in Abbotsford in 2012, the company announced Thursday. The company said Cineplex Odeon Abbotsford and VIP Cinemas will feature 11 screens and 1,950 seats.

Cranbrook’s Copper Canyon Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:CPY) has formed a special committee in response to a $34.1 million unsolicited takeover bid by Vancouver’s NovaGold Resources Ltd., originally announced December 20.

Vancouver’s commercial real estate market has rebounded with enough demand to spur the groundbreaking of one or more new office towers downtown this year, according to a report released Thursday by commercial real estate services company Avison Young

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is calling for more public consultation in the Downtown Eastside before moving forward with proposals for taller buildings.

B.C.’s tourism, trade and investment minister Margaret MacDiarmid cited the province’s targeted marketing campaigns among the factors driving strong increases in tourist traffic to the province in November.

Vancouver won’t be gaining rapid rail service to Seattle anytime soon, federal transport minister Chuck Strahl told Business in Vancouver in a recent interview. “You can’t presume that ‘if you build it they will come,’” he said.

Vancouver-based broadband communications solutions provider Norsat International Inc. (TSX:NII.TO) announced Wednesday it will acquire Sinclair Technologies Holdings Inc., an antenna and RF conditioning products provider, for US$19.25 million.

City of Vancouver staff are mentoring a group of skilled immigrants in a new pilot project geared at helping newcomers navigate Vancouver’s business culture and find jobs that match their skill sets.