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Suburban office building owners will have to wait a bit longer to lease their office space, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s office and industrial real estate outlook report. Vacancy rates are expected to increase to 14.

A co-founder and principal of North Vancouver engineering firm Buckland and Taylor Limited will be among the 45 recipients of the Order of Canada this year. Governor General Michaelle Jean will name Peter Taylor to the Order of Canada on Friday.

Richmond-based Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX:CTL) announced late Wednesday it had appointed industry veteran Kevin Clarke as its new president and CEO three weeks after Richard Garneau left the post to move closer to his family in Eastern Canada.

When Richmond’s Novex Couriers unveils its two new electric trucks June 24, the province will move closer to a time where electric vehicles rule at least part of the road.

International clean energy venture capital firm Chrysalix believes B.C.’s cheap electricity rates are stifling the ability of clean-tech companies in the province to commercialize their technologies.

An expanded tax rebate program targeting international business in B.C. is drawing significant interest from the province’s clean tech industry.

Premiers from Western Canada and the North have agreed to a common agenda to lobby the federal government in support of further improvements to inter-provincial trade, investment and labour accessibility and mobility. The premiers of B.C.

B.C.’s manufacturing sector saw sales fall in April for the first time in three months, according to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday. Total sales fell 2.5% to $2.92 billion from more than $3 billion in March.

One of Vancouver’s largest architecture firms has acquired two additional offices in Ontario as part of a recent acquisition spree. Vancouver’s PBK Architects Inc. has closed the acquisition of ANO Architects Inc.

Marine life fans showed up in schools in support of the Vancouver Aquarium late last week. A record number of guests and money was raised at the aquatic conservation, education and research organization’s largest annual gala.