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Vancouver’s Taku Gold Corp. (TSX-V:TAK) said Tuesday morning that it has become the second largest claim holder in the Yukon’s white gold district, where North America’s new gold rush is taking place.

The province’s competitive marketplace will ensure the transition to the HST is a smooth but not quite seamless process, according to the Business Council of B.C.

B.C.’s acting chief electoral officer, Craig James, plans to send the anti-HST petition to the select standing committee of the B.C. legislature on August 23.

A new website is allowing Twitter users to see what trends and topics are being discussed by Vancouver’s Twitterati. Vancouver is one of the 32 worldwide cities now covered by New York-based Sency , which was founded in 2009.

B.C.’s four largest immigrant services organizations are expected to sign an agreement launching the Immigrant Services Network on Monday. It will focus on helping unemployed immigrants improve their job search prospects.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga, who comes to Vancouver tonight to play two near-sell-out shows at Rogers Arena, is a bright light in what has otherwise been a sluggish summer for the concert business.

Leonard Brody, co-founder of Vancouver’s NowPublic, one of the world’s largest networks of citizen journalism, does not think bigger is necessarily better when it comes to building a tech company.

The expanded Vancouver Convention Centre is looking to boost convention and trade show activity from Asia. Claire Smith , the convention centre’s vice-president of sales and marketing told BIV this week, “Our new frontier is Asia.

Consumer prices in July increased the most in B.C. out of the four largest provinces in the country, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday morning. Inflation in B.C. rose 1.1% in July, higher than Ontario’s increase of 0.9% and a 0.

British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC) relaunched its controversial PlayNow.com website August 19 after receiving certification and approval from the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.