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The brains behind successful Yukon explorer Underworld Resources Inc. (TSX-V:UW) have bought a copper-gold deposit with their other northern-focused venture Full Metal Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:FMM).

New home starts in metropolitan Vancouver have increased 76% in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the same period last year, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).

Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp. (TSX:GPD) hopes the addition of former Yukon premier Piers McDonald to its board will hasten the development of its gold projects.

Vancouver's Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX: NCU) announced Friday it raised $20.6 million, with a $3 million option, from a syndicate of underwriters led by Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. Excluding the option, the syndicate is buying 6.

It might be expected that total employment in B.C. would fall following the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Statistics Canada numbers released April 9 confirmed just that.

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:OXGI) will receive BIOTECanada's Gold Leaf Award for biotech company of the year, it announced Thursday.

Housing prices in Vancouver have increased more than anywhere else in Canada this year, according to Royal LePage's latest quarterly house price survey. The price for the average detached bungalow in Vancouver has increased 21.

California's NetApp (Nasdaq:NTAP) announced Wednesday it had completed an all-cash deal to buy Vancouver-based software company Bycast Inc. despite the Canadian dollar's rise to a 20-month high Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not released.

Vancouver's economy is slated to grow 4% in 2010, topping all Canadian cities, according to Ottawa-based think tank Conference Board of Canada. Toronto and Hamilton will follow closely behind with 3.7% and 3.

Allon Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:NPC) shares were trading above normal volumes Tuesday after the company announced its lead drug candidate will be fast tracked through the U.S. drug review and approval process.