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One of Canada's leading angel investors wants federal legislation changed so that any Canadian with adequate capital can make angel-type investments.

Surrey-based Westland Insurance Group Ltd. remains hungry for acquistions after purchasing Vancouver Island’s Peninsula & Bay Lands insurance agency for an undisclosed amount May 3.

North Shore Credit Union executives are nurturing potential future clients by educating Grade 2 students about money management while simultaneously recruiting the kids as members.

A Vancouver miner is at odds with the Colombian government over a $1 billion gold-silver project the country deterred earlier this week. Greystar Resources Ltd.

Days after the province unveiled its new Clean Energy Act, BC Hydro signed a 40-year electricity purchase agreement with a Vancouver-based independent power producer.

Canada's forestry, industrial and media/technology sectors were hit the hardest during the low point of the economic downturn, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report released today.

Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN) showed decent first quarter results today despite ongoing industrial action at its Portuguese Neves-Corvo copper mine.

Vancouver-based Genco Resources Ltd. (TSX:GGC) has recommenced operations at its Mexican silver-gold mine after a year-long walkout.

Revenue leakage costs the global communications industry an estimated US$40 billion every year, according to a survey by audit firm KPMG LLP.

Two independent proxy advisory firms have thrown their support behind a rights plan that would protect shareholders of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) from any potential takeover bid. The Vancouver-based miner, which has a market capitalization of $7.