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Mercator Minerals Ltd. executed a major mill expansion at one of North America's largest copper-molybdenum operations at breakneck speed, and now the Vancouver company reckons a growth spurt will do it wonders.

TransLink should raise its Canada Line fares between downtown Vancouver and Vancouver International Airport because the current $3.50 levy for adults is "way too cheap," according to British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. CEO David Hahn.

The average price of Metro Vancouver homes has nearly recovered to 2008 highs, according to the Royal LePage house price survey released Thursday. The average price of a detached bungalow was 1.

Major shifts in the productivity of the world's fisheries caused by climate change will most adversely affect the tropical regions of the world, according to a new study at UBC.

Calgary's Evolution Presentation Technologies has acquired the Vancouver operation of Montreal-based Duocom Canada Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

Vancouver captured the lion's share of commercial office real estate activity in Canada in the first half of 2009, according to the latest report from Avison Young. Vancouver sales contributed to 38% of the $1.

Canwest Global Communications Corp., the parent holding company of the Vancouver Sun and the Province, filed for creditor protection Tuesday to begin recapitalizing the company burdened by billions in debt.

Emerging markets from the Czech Republic and Poland to South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India and China are expected to lead the globe's economic recovery, according to HSBC's emerging markets index. The index rose to 55.3 in the third quarter from 50.

Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are managing through this recession better than any since the Second World War and outperforming larger, more established competitors, according to a new report by CIBC World Markets.

Vancouver's Alda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX-V:APH) has signed a vendor agreement with London Drugs Ltd. to sell disinfectant and hand-sanitizing products through the retail chain's 70 stores in Western Canada.