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Vancouver’s QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) may have posted a US$1-million loss in the second quarter of 2010, but a restructured agreement with partner Novartis is bearing fruit as the drug maker collects more revenue from the sale of its lead product.

Burnaby-based fuel cell maker Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX:BLD) is going bigger than ever before with the recent successful test run of a utility-scale generator using the company’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

A recent survey by Franklin Templeton Investments suggests Canadians are bullish about the stock markets, but remain anxious about their investment portfolios.

Small business owners in Vancouver are among the happiest in Canada, according to a TD Canada Trust survey. Vancouver ranked as the fifth best city in terms of happiest entrepreneurs, after Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Calgary, which ranked first.

Tofino’s Wickaninnish Inn has been recognized as the top-rated Canadian accommodation property for the fourth time by T ravel + Leisure magazine ’s World’s Best Travel Awards 2010 reader’s survey.

Fresh from hosting 2,600 meeting industry professionals this past weekend, the Vancouver Convention Centre will welcome 5,500 statisticians July 31 to August 5.

Metro Vancouver’s office vacancy rate rose to 10.1% in the second quarter of 2010, according to CB Richard Ellis research. It was the seventh consecutive quarterly rise in the region’s office vacancy rate, up from 10% in the previous quarter.

One beneficiary of BC Hydro’s clean-power call in March announced Monday it secured up to $7.5 million from the energy business unit of General Electric Co. (GE) to develop wind energy projects in B.C.’s Peace region.

Telus Corp. (TSX:T) and the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) began negotiating a new contract Monday.

Many business people can relate to a cutthroat world where hungry, backstabbing salesmen peddle questionable investments and compete to be top dog. The Arts Club Theatre Co .