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The Canadian Federation of Independent Business ’s (CFIB) B.C. business barometer rose slightly in October after four straight months of declines, the small business lobby group announced November 2.

Vancouver’s Formation Metals (TSX:FCO) saw its stock tank 16% Thursday morning, after a European bank backed out of a US$79.5 million line of credit to help build the company’s mine.

Not much changed in Metro Vancouver’s industrial real estate market this fall, largely due to the fact that investors are treating the space with “cautious optimism” amid ongoing economic woes in the U.S. and Europe.

Vancouver-based Modo the Car Co-op has added the first fully electric vehicle to its 250-vehicle fleet.

Environmental protection cheerleader Greenpeace has slammed the increased burning of wood for energy, saying biomass power plants put Canadian forests at risk.

The provincial government is looking to enact stiff new laws on scrap metal dealers to crack down on copper thieves.

More than three-quarters of B.C.’s business leaders (77%) are unhappy that B.C. is returning to separate provincial (PST) and federal (GST) sales taxes.

Executives at Simon Fraser University are celebrating both a steady flow of large donations and national attention for ranking No. 1 on Maclean’s Magazine’s annual study of mid-sized Canadian universities for the fourth year in a row.

Scientists and government officials broke ground this morning on a $62.9 million particle accelerator that will help physicists probe the mysteries of the universe and provide rare isotopes for nuclear medicine.

Burrard Inlet’s Tsleil-Waututh Nation said Tuesday it is vehemently opposed to Kinder Morgan ’s plans to expand its Trans Mountain oil pipeline.