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Wireless hardware manufacturer Sierra Wireless (TSX:SW) said Friday it will provide the key cellular connection for a wireless data collection system allowing utility customers to manage their energy and water consumption.

Strength in the global mining sector is fuelling spin-off business for local companies in peripheral sectors such as fleet management. GPS-based fleet management system multinational Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd.

The number of employment insurance (EI) recipients in B.C. dropped for the third consecutive month in August, according to Statistics Canada data released October 20.

Northeast B.C. business leaders say their region has a bounty of investment opportunities, but very few Vancouver-based companies are taking advantage of them. In fact, Calgary and Edmonton-based companies are leading B.C.

A Vancouver company wants to make a US$2.8 billion bid to join Canada’s world-renowned potash industry. Vancouver-based Potash One Inc. (TSX:KCL) released a feasibility study Thursday for its Legacy project located 80 kilometres outside of Regina.

The race is on to build downtown Vancouver’s next new office tower, according to a Avison Young report released October 20.

All that glitters has been golden for Vancouver’s junior mining sector this year. According to a PwC report released Thursday, market capitalization for the top 100 junior mining companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange reached $12.

Cardiome Pharma Corp.’s (TSX:COM) share price was down 14% at press time on Thursday morning after the company said its drug partner suspended patient enrollment in a clinical study following a “serious” event.

When Simon Fraser University announced October 20 that former B.C. Liberal finance minister Carole Taylor would be its new chancellor, it became clear the university’s new president did not hold political grudges.

Rumours that Richmond-based MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. is shopping itself around as a possible acquisition target gave its stock (TSX:MDA) a bump on Wednesday. Shares jumped nearly 10% before falling back to close up 3.9% at $47.