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The Quality Inn Northern Grand Hotel in Fort St. John has been awarded the APEX Award for best renovation and redesign from Choice Hotels International.

Toseki Entertainment reopened its profitable Horizons Restaurant on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday after a seven-month closure spurred by an April 15 fire.

Advocates of closed containment technology for salmon aquaculture are excited by a Department of Fisheries and Oceans report affirming the economic viability of the practice.

The employee-owned Harmac pulp mill received $1 million from BC Hydro Wednesday for an efficiency retrofit that will reduce the mill’s energy needs by 3.7 gigawatt hours per year – enough electricity to power 340 homes. Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.

The founder of a unique accelerator lab in Vancouver has been named the new president of the BC Innovation Council (BCIC), a Crown corporation tasked with spurring innovation in sectors across B.C.

Vancouver set an Olympic record for sustainable transportation during the 2010 Games, according to the findings of a University of British Columbia (UBC) report.

Vancouver-based Yaletown Venture Partners’ (YVP) focus on cleantech investments has helped lure a new partner who has a keen interest in that emerging investment area.

Librerialeo.com founder Jordan Gutierrez, who expects to sell more than $1 million worth of medical books in Mexico this year, has won Simon Fraser University’s student entrepreneur of the year award.

Vancouver-based Solegear Bioplastics Inc., which came out of four years of stealth mode last summer, has received another award for developing a natural bioplastic the company claims biodegrades within weeks of disposal.

Representatives at the Greater Vancouver Hotel Employers Association (GVHEA) believe their offer to approximately 1,600 employees is “one of the most generous offers in the hospitality industry.” Union representatives are not so sure, however.