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Canadian businesses are optimistic about their 2011 sales prospects and growing numbers are planning to hire, according to a Bank of Canada report released Monday.

The total value of building permits in Vancouver dropped by 60% in November, relative to the previous month, and by 43% in B.C, according to a Statistics Canada report released Monday.

Vancouver-based junior mining company Crowflight Minerals Inc. (TSX: CML) announced today the company is being sued by its former mining contractor, Dumas Contracting Ltd, for $7.1 million.

Victoria-based Streetlight Intelligence Inc. (TSX-V:SLQ) announced it has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding with California-based National Semicondoctor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) in a move the company says will expand its market.

WorkSafeBC is continuing to investigate the December 2 deaths of two workers at sites operated by Ledcor Group of Companies subcontractors. The construction workers died hours apart on two separate sites.

Canadian employment edged up in December despite employment losses in British Columbia. The result was both nationally, and in B.C., the unemployment rate is 7.6%, according to Statistics Canada numbers released Friday.

Vancouver’s restaurant sector has been rattled by both the new harmonized sales tax (HST) and stiffer penalties for being caught driving with a 0.05% blood-alcohol reading.

If campgrounds in B.C. were packed in previous years, campers are not likely to think much different about this year’s camping season.