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The chorus of people who say the City of Vancouver should be doing more consultation is getting larger. Activists who oppose taller buildings in Vancouver’s downtown core say public consultation has been a sham.

The Whistler region’s newest gondola is slated to open Thursday morning.

Forests Minister Pat Bell believes 2010 is ending on a high note for B.C.’s forestry sector. “The B.C. forest sector was much busier this year and it appears that the worst of the economic downturn is now behind us,” Bell said Wednesday.

Given that copper prices hit an all-time high on Tuesday and the Toronto Stock Exchange has hit multi-year highs in each of the past two days, it would seem to be a great time for copper miners to go public.

International visitors appear to be acting on the slogan B.C.’s tourism ministry advertised strongly during the 2010 Winter Olympics: You gotta be here. International overnight visitors to B.C.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has certified a class action lawsuit that would see First Nations go after both the province and the federal government for fish farms that allegedly harmed wild salmon stocks in the Broughton archipelago.

Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) is fighting back against a billion-dollar takeover attempt. On Thursday the Vancouver-based company issued a statement encouraging its shareholders to reject an unsolicited buyout tendered by Brazil’s EBX Group .

Avanti Mining Inc. (TSX-V:AVT) has landed a South Korean partner to build its molybdenum mine near one of B.C.’s famed ghost towns. On Wednesday the Vancouver-based company said it had entered an agreement with SeAH Holdings Corp.

Investors drove Canada’s benchmark stock index on Tuesday to its highest close since September 2008, but that does not mean all successful Howe Street moneymen are viewing the future with rose-coloured glasses.

B.C. retailers are grappling with sales growth that is a fraction of what it was years ago while simultaneously watching margins get squeezed by high credit card commissions.