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Vancouver's Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. (TSX-V:GLW) plans to raise $100 million in debt financing to acquire additional gold streams from other mining companies. Sprott Asset Management Inc.

Auto dealers in Western Canada have been hurt more than their counterparts elsewhere in the country, according to a Scotia Economics global auto sales report. Auto sales in B.C.

Premium Brands Income Fund (TSX:PBI.UN), which manufacturers and distributes specialty food products in Western Canada, reported record annual revenue for its year ending December 31, 2008. Annual revenue for the Vancouver company jumped 37.

VANOC is flush with cash. Despite the economic downturn, VANOC CFO John McLaughlin revealed March 25, "we're in a positive cash position." But that doesn't mean the Olympic organizing body will throw fiscal prudence out the door, McLaughlin said.

B.C. oil and gas land rights sales totalled $2.4 billion in fiscal 2008-09, more than double last year's record-setting total of $1.2 billion and broke every tracked record for oil and gas land rights sales in the province.

Vancouver's B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO) has closed its merger with Toronto's Central Sun Mining Inc. (TSX:CSM) in an all-share deal worth roughly $66.8 million. Under the agreement, Central Sun shareholders received 1.

The recession didn't freeze growth last year for Burnaby-based ice rink operator Canlan Ice Sports Corp. (TSX:ICE). The company, which operates ice rink surfaces at 22 facilities in Canada and the U.S.

Shareholders of Vancouver's Target Exploration and Mining Corp. (TSX-V:TEM) have voted overwhelmingly to merge with Vancouver's Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSX:CXX) in an all-share deal worth roughly $2.4 million.

Commodity prices retreated in February from gains made in January, but they're expected to rise in March, according to Scotiabank. The bank's commodity price index, which measures price trends in 32 of Canada's major exports, fell 3.

Organic growth and strategic acquisitions in 2008 helped boost Vancouver-based Glacier Media Inc.'s (TSX:GVC) annual revenue by 15% for the year ending December 31, 2008. Annual revenue rose to $249.1 million from $216.