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Tobacco retailers will reduce their product lines July 5 when the sale of cigarettes, little cigars and blunt wraps with specified additives and flavouring agents will end.

Almost half of all business owners don't fully understand how HST will impact their businesses, according to an Angus Reid opinion poll.

The provincial government has approved the third stage of development for the Site C dam, B.C.'s next major power project.

Netherlands-based Paper Excellence B.V. has bought the Mackenzie pulp mill for an undisclosed amount. Forests Minister Pat Bell announced the deal this morning and said the mill would resume production this fall and maintain more than 200 jobs.

Manufacturing sales in B.C. rose for a second consecutive month in February, rising 1.1%, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. B.C. manufacturing sales rose to $2.87 billion from $2.

Mining executives aren't optimistic about B.C., according to a 2009/2010 Fraser Institute survey released today. The province ranked 38th out of 72 possible mining jurisdictions on six continents around the world.

Investment in non-residential construction in B.C. increased 2.9% in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. Statistics Canada released data this morning that showed B.C.

Nevada Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:NGE) has landed its first contract with a producing mining company to search for gold in groundwater. The Vancouver-based junior announced today an agreement with Northgate Minerals Corp.

North Vancouver shipbuilder Washington Marine Group (WMG) has teamed up with Thales Canada to bid for a contract to build six ice-breaking vessels for the Canadian Navy.

Female entrepreneurs could be the key to economic recovery, according to Ernst & Young's latest report.