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A report from BC Stats on Friday revealed that Japanese tourists are not flocking to B.C. as they did a decade ago, with 2009 marking the lowest level of Japanese tourist traffic in B.C. in 20 years. B.C.

The Canadian government should fund more foreign travel for MPs, according to former foreign affairs minister and Vancouver MP David Emerson. “I don’t like it when foreign governments fund MPs’ travel,” Emerson told Business in Vancouver .

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Glowbal Restaurants Ltd. owner Emad Yacoub is suing his nephew, Peter Girges, principal of Rocks Glass Concepts Ltd.

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp.’s share price dropped Friday morning after the Burnaby firm announced that it’s delaying further clinical trials of its lead drug candidate, a cholesterol-fighting drug.

Housing starts in Metro Vancouver increased 61% year-over-year in August to 1,488 units, as multiple family units continued to dominate new home construction activity, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

A report released Thursday morning reveals that, while lumber and particle (OSB) board prices momentarily reached four-year highs in Canada in the second quarter, Canadian forest and paper producers are still manoeuvring through an extremely volatile

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson announced from Shanghai Thursday morning that the city is partnering with IT giant Cisco Systems Inc. and a Vancouver-based energy management firm to accelerate Vancouver’s goal of becoming the greenest city by 2020.

Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) announced September 8 that it plans to restart its 470,000-tonne-per-year methanol plant in Medicine Hat as of April 2011.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson acted similarly to former mayor Sam Sullivan when Robertson spent $28,875 of taxpayers' money to revamp his personal website without putting the contract out to public tender.