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Metro Vancouver’s hot summer may be making blueberries wilt but the hot temperatures are exactly what farmers have wanted. “There’s nothing drastically in trouble,” said W&A Farms owner Bill Zylmans , who farms more than 500 acres in Richmond.

B.C. home sales activity declined 14.1% in July thanks to the HST, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). The trend was expected, said the association, given that many buyers chose to ink deals before the new tax was introduced.

Trucks have been the more popular choice when it comes to Canadian vehicle sales for seven months running, the longest period in which truck sales exceeded sales of passenger cars since Statistics Canada started tracking such figures in 1946.

HST critics are claiming the tax is stimulating a black market in home renovations despite warnings from consumer protection advocates against hiring contractors seeking verbal contracts and cash payment.

Burnaby-based Glentel Inc. (TSX:GLN) saw its share value soar nearly 16% in midday trading Monday on news the company had signed a deal to buy a 128-store wireless retailer in the U.S.

While many have criticized the federal government’s decision to have Statistics Canada stop requiring Canadians to fill out a long-form census, one proponent of the decision remains steadfast in its support.

Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK) has once again turned its attention toward the province’s ‘golden triangle’ in northwest B.C. In an option agreement announced Monday with the Lundin Group ’s exploration arm, NGEx Resources Inc.

Vancouver-based Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX:SVM) boosted its quarterly profit 88% to $14.1 million compared with $7.

An international consortium will build the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) in a $658-million deal signed Thursday.

Premier Gordon Campbell told media August 12 that the success of the anti-HST petition is “great for democracy,” but that he has no intention of eliminating the controversial tax.