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The Squamish Nation and Run of River Power (TSXV: ROR) have signed a long-term impact benefit agreement (IBA) on the company’s proposed 25-megawatt Skookum Power Project.

Canada’s world trade balance went from a $1 billion surplus in September to an $885 million deficit in October, according to Statistics Canada . Canada’s merchandise exports declined 3% and imports rose 1.9% in October.

Nearly three-quarters (74%) of Canadian small business owners believe it’s getting harder to find employees, according to a report released this morning.

Vancouver’s East Asia Minerals Corp. (TSX V:EAS) informed its shareholders Friday that it has been named as a defendant in a civil claim filed by PT Atlas Mineral Exploration in the Central Jakarta District Court.

RBC Economics is forecasting B.C.’s economic “mixed performance” of 2011 will continue in 2012, according to a report released this morning. “We’ve got some good news and some bad news,” said RBC senior chief economist Robert Hogue .

Sterling Shoes Inc. and Sterling Shoes GP Inc. announced Friday the closure of 53 store locations in B.C., Alberta and Ontario. Liquidation began on Friday.

Port blockades this morning at the Heatley Avenue and Clark Street overpasses haven’t stopped longshoremen from going to work the day that Occupy Vancouver has announced a blockade of local port operations.

Premier Christy Clark has created the B.C. Immigration Task Force to review key government programs in order to increase the number of skilled immigrants and investors in B.C.

Cloud-based news platform SendtoNews.com announced that it has closed $1 million in financing from angel investors led by Elton , Adrian and Myron Pereira and Don Wharton , co-founders at ParetoLogic Inc .

Businesses that want to switch their phone systems over to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) now have more choices, thanks to Primus Telecommunications ' expansion into the Metro Vancouver region. Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.