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Among 21 recommendations made in a Simon Fraser University report about transitioning B.C. and Canada to low-carbon economies is a call for B.C.

Chevrolet and BC Hydro are placing 15 of the automaker’s newest electric vehicles into B.C. business fleets next summer in what are the latest efforts to make B.C. a leader in Canada in electric vehicle adoption.

Nolan Watson is breaking new ground in the mining sector with a company that plans to turn a profit via streaming agreements for base metals and energy.

Vancouver’s iCo Therapeutics Inc. (TSX-V:ICO) said Wednesday it could receive up to US$32 million in milestone payments from an Israel company that is receiving certain development and commercialization rights to one of iCo’s drug candidates.

In what’s being called the most intensive and thorough report ever produced on the state of B.C.’s forests, the Liberal government on Thursday provided a clear view of the devastation that has strangled one of B.C.’s most historic industries.

The Great Recession was less severe for women than it was for men, according to a Statistics Canada report released Thursday. In 2009, the employment rate for women decreased 1% after reaching a historic high of 59.3% in 2008.

A sixth B.C. First Nation has joined the Coastal Reconciliation Protocol, which is, among other things, developing plans for a $25 million federally and provincially funded ferry terminal at a tiny island-port tucked in a fjord on the central coast.

The Squamish Nation has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court asking the court to grant it possession of the lands currently occupied by Capilano RV Park next to the Lions Gate bridge in West Vancouver.

British Columbia’s Prospera Credit Union said Tuesday it is one of two credit unions to be the first financial institutions in Canada to allow customers to send and receive money over smart phones. Through Interac Inc.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling for an independent commission to review the B.C. forest service, which it says has been gutted by budget cuts and layoffs.