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The province’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.9% in the first quarter as employment grew slightly faster than the labour force, according to the most recent BCStats data.

B.C. retailers enjoyed the strongest year-over-year sales growth in May when compared with counterparts in other provinces, according to Statistics Canada. B.C.’s 7.

Despite a strong rebound for lumber prices in the first half of the year, Vancouver’s major forestry companies are still facing a tough 2010. On a conference call Friday morning, International Forest Products Ltd. (TSX:IFP.

Gold and silver deposits in eastern Russia continue paying off for one team of Vancouver miners. B2Gold Corp . (TSX:BTO), which is fronted by the former heads of Bema Gold Corp.

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (TSX-V:AAR.UN) announced Friday it is buying a $14.8 million property in Edmonton, the latest deal in an aggressive strategy to purchase industrial sites across Canada.

WebNames.ca Inc. principal Cybele Negris may have launched sales for the .co Internet domain extension this week but customers are keener to buy up .tel domains.

Hosting the Today Show during the 2010 Winter Olympics in February has helped Grouse Mountain boost attendance this summer.

A new study out of the University of British Columbia (UBC) ranks Vancouver International Airport fifth among North America’s most efficient airports.

Terry Hodgins, CFO of Vancouver-based Canfor Pulp Income Fund told Business in Vancouver July 21 that world pulp prices are the biggest variable in whether his company can continue its recent phenomenal success in light of its most recent quarterly r

Vancouver-based CBM Asia Development Corp. (TSX-V:TCF) is investing in the prospect of striking coalbed methane gas riches in Indonesia.