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B.C.'s pharmacists are now allowed to renew most routine prescriptions for patients with changes to the Health Professions Act that came into effect January 1.

Coal miner Western Canadian Coal Corp. (TSX, AIM:WTN) is mulling a merger with a major shareholder to help it cope with the ongoing economic uncertainty.

Truckers who haul freight to the Port of Vancouver have voted unanimously to support their union bargaining committee and hold a strike vote in January in efforts to win new contracts.

Canadian manufacturers and exporters are experiencing a sharp contraction in customer demand, but the worst may be yet to come.

The cost of doing business in Vancouver has proved too much for Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS).

Former B.C. finance minister Carole Taylor will chair the economic advisory council set up by federal finance minister Jim Flaherty.

Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc., a subsidiary of Terasen Inc., has signed landmark agreements that will give two B.C. native bands an equity stake in Vancouver Island's Mount Hayes natural gas storage facility.

Vancouver-based telecom giant Telus Corp. (TSX:T; NYSE:TU) has forecast a 4% increase in its annual earnings and a 4% to 6% increase in revenue in 2009, despite the global economic downturn.

Vancouver's Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX:GBG) has raised US$51 million in a senior secured note offering. Proceeds of the financing will be used to acquire and refurbish the Esmeralda mine and mill it bought from Metallic Ventures Gold Inc.

Vancouver's Belvedere Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:BEL), which owns nickel and gold projects in Finland, is shutting down production at its two operating nickel mines until further notice .