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A number of B.C.-based companies and individuals were among the 21 winners at Wednesday night’s Canadian New Media Awards in Toronto. Vancouver-based HootSuite Media Inc.

Attitude and personal initiative are key determinants of whether an immigrant to Canada achieves success, according to a study released Wednesday by immigrant service organization S.U.C.C.E.S.S. S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Residential real estate sales are on the decline in B.C., but that hasn’t stopped Magnum Projects Ltd. owner George Wong from racking up impressive sales at his River Green project in Richmond.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is claiming municipal government spending in B.C. is unsustainable and outpacing population growth and inflation two to one. In its third annual B.C.

Vancouver-based Mingleverse has landed $1.4 million from Yaletown Venture Partners (YVP), angel investors and company co-founder and CEO Ron Stevens.

So much for sustainable fisheries – a University of British Columbia-led study suggests humans have run out of ocean to fish after a dramatic expansion of fisheries in the 1980s and 1990s.

Although city hall employees are slightly less stressed than other employees, employee satisfaction at the City of Vancouver is below the norm in both the public and private sector.

The City of Tampa said Tuesday its purchase of 146 new parking meters designed by a Burnaby firm will likely increase city revenue by up to 20%, or $250,000 per year.

Advocates of using closed-containment technology to fully grow Atlantic salmon in B.C. should not get too excited by the recent findings of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ feasibility study . Last week, David Lane of T.

Even if whacky is the norm in B.C. politics, the current political uncertainty in the province had businesses on edge in November. Confidence among small- and mid-sized business owners in B.C. fell from 70.0 in October to 68.