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The old cliché that people move out to the suburbs to “settle down” might have more truth to it than previously thought.

Army and Navy owner Jacqui Cohen ’s Face The World Foundation raised $1.2 million at a glitzy party at Cohen’s Point Grey home June 5. The money will be distributed to various charities around the Lower Mainland.

After a $348 million initial public offering that closed this morning, another mining company will call Vancouver home and add to the city’s reputation as Western North America’s mining capital. Tahoe Resources Inc.

Sustainable infrastructure will be the key to maintaining a high quality of life in Canadian cities, according to a June 6 Siemens Canada survey.

B.C. First Nation groups are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to mining projects, according to a Harvard Law School study.

Zincore Metals Inc. (TSX:ZNC) started trading its shares on the Lima Stock Exchange recently in a move that signals increasingly closer ties to Peru following a recent management overhaul.

Blueberry farmer Ray Blin of Silver Valley Farms in Pitt Meadows told BIV last week that high land prices continue to make it challenging for farmers to expand their business.

Richard GarneauA stronger loonie means yet another challenge for the newly anointed head of Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX:CTL), according to one analyst. The Richmond-based company, which operates five mills in B.C.

A Vancouver-based maritime software provider has landed a major contract with the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). Klein Systems Group Ltd .

Vancouver’s radio market was not immune to the challenges facing the media last year as profits fell almost 70% decline for AM stations and 34% for FM stations. A drop in advertising revenue was the main culprit of the decline.