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Burnaby-based Lignol Energy Corp. (TSX-V:LEC) is looking to a Golden State-based ethanol producer to help cut its costs and utilize its proprietary technology.

At least two B.C. companies could see a boost in sales from plans by federal environment minister Jim Prentice to create tougher emission standards for heavy-duty trucks.

A surge in B.C. housing costs mean affordability is being washed away, according to an RBC economics research report released this morning. The report found home affordability measures had risen more in B.C.

A new Vancouver-based startup made up of former employees of QLT Inc. (TSX:QLT) has licensed the last of the assets the company put up for sale more than a year ago. Valocor Therapeutics Inc.

A new national non-profit aimed at developing university students into budding technology entrepreneurs is establishing a presence in Victoria and Vancouver. The Alacrity Foundation is being set up by Wesley Clover International Corp.

In his third visit to Vancouver in recent years, former U.S. president Bill Clinton encouraged Vancouver’s business and community leaders to continue to support capacity-building initiatives in poor and developing countries.

Despite the BC Liberal government’s return to budget deficits, the province has received another AAA credit rating. Standard & Poor’s , which is the third largest agency to recently confirm B.C.

One of the wind energy developers whose project BC Hydro rejected in the recent clean power call announced on Thursday that it’s undertaking a strategic review to find a new business plan. Naikun Wind Energy Group Inc.

Retail sales in B.C. rose 0.6% in March after remaining relatively flat since December, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada . Retail sales rose to $4.87 billion from $4.83 billion in February, contributing to a 2.

Canadians are somewhat confident about their current situation, but concern is growing about their future, according to a survey by TNS Canadian Facts .