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A Vancouver company has secured solar and wind power suppliers for its energy efficient parking lot project in Denver. Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (TSX-V:GRN) announced Tuesday that U.S.-based companies Windspire Energy Inc.

A hostile bid to take control of North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF) is going ahead following a long battle between the company’s board of directors and activist investor Carl Icahn.

The largest solar panel installation in Western Canada is in Surrey and part of a $21.8 million provincial retrofit of a public housing complex.

Wilcox Group principal Mat Wilcox is closing her PR agency at the end of August to become an independent consultant who focuses on the rapidly changing social media landscape.

Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE) will expand its presence in China later this year when it builds a third water treatment plant there for Jiangxi Copper Co.

Travellers at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) could face disruptions after negotiations between some of the airport’s refuelling supervisors and their employer fell through Sunday night.

Concerns about the future of the Canadian economy’s long-term prospects are stifling chances of a sustained, consumer-led recovery, according to TNS Canadian Facts. The overall consumer confidence index fell 4.5 points to 94.4 in July from 98.

A week after relations between Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) and giant Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) darkened over a poison pill strategy, the Vancouver miner has made it clear that it has every intention to build Oyu Tolgoi.

Victoria’s Vigil Health Solutions (TSX-V:VGL) has secured a $200,000 loan from the B.C. Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. and GrowthPoint Capital Corp. The loan is secured by all of Vigil’s property and is due on December 31, 2010.

Vancouver’s Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (TSX:QUX) has boosted its stake to 34.5% in Vancouver-based Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. (TSX:GLW). Quadra acquired 20.5 million Gold Wheato n shares through its subsidiary FNX Mining Company Inc. , which owned 12.