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A Vancouver miner has found a new reason to promote its prospective rare earth element (REE) property following China’s decision to drastically cut export quotas for the remainder of the year.

Vancouver has a reputation as a city where it can be hard to meet someone and is resultantly a hotbed of successful businesses helping singles connect.

The mountain pine beetle epidemic in the B.C.

A nine-storey office tower on Howe Street has been snapped up for $38 million as Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:AX.UN) expands its presence into downtown Vancouver.

Local mining sector executives might want to take notice of a controversial documentary film about natural gas extraction that won two awards at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and makes its Vancouver premiere Thursday.

Metro Vancouver’s industrial property market enjoyed steady activity in the first half of 2010 as both sales and leasing activity picked up during April and May, according to a DTZ Barnicke report released July 20.

Scotiabank’s commodity price index dropped 1.9% in June on rumours the Chinese economy is expected to cool. The index measures price trends in 32 of Canada’s major exports such as metals and minerals, oil and gas, forest products and agriculture.

Noise complaints in Yaletown have prompted City of Vancouver inspectors to enforce by-laws preventing restaurants from playing music on patios through installed stereo speakers. Televisions, however, are fine, said city spokeswoman Wendy Stewart .

Delta-based manufacturer Avcorp Industries Inc. (TSX:AVP) has signed a memorandum of agreement to build outboard wing assemblies for the U.S. Navy’s F35 carrier variant fighter jet.

B.C.’s largest drug store chain is likely to soon merge with a similarly structured national franchisor.