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Premier Gordon Campbell’s November 3 resignation will have little impact on low BC Liberal poll numbers, according to New Democratic Party health critic Adrian Dix.

A proposed merger between two of Hollywood’s largest studios is in doubt after MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday. Vancouver-based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. has its sights set on opening another downtown Vancouver grocery store, according to T&T Supermarket CEO Cindy Lee. “There is one coming but I cannot say more,” Lee told Business in Vancouver November 2.

QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) lowered its revenue targets for 2010 Wednesday on reduced sales of its key product Visudyne, a treatment for macular degeneration of the eye. The company, which is an anchor in the B.C. biotech sector, posted revenue of $8.

Small and mid-sized business owners in B.C. are feeling a mite more confident these days, according to numbers released Wednesday from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). In October, the B.C. business barometer gained 6.

Catalyst Paper’s (TSX:CTL) stock price shot up nearly 22% to $0.25 in midday trading Wednesday after the company reported $6 million in net earnings in the third quarter.

Proponents of the harmonized sales tax in B.C. will continue to face an uphill battle to convince British Columbians of the merits of the tax despite Premier Gordon Campbell’s resignation.

The San Francisco Giants’ November 1 World Series win will generate at least a US$10 million revenue boost for the team’s North Vancouver-born part-owner Jeff Mallett.

Ottawa has killed Vancouver-based Taseko Mines’ plan for an open-pit mine near Williams Lake because of environmental concerns.

City of Vancouver council to review height limits on six downtown sites by year’s end