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A new Fidelity Investments survey has found that British Columbians are the most likely Canadians to open a tax-free savings account (TFSA) when they become available in the new year. Almost 45% of B.C.

Shares of NovaGold Resources Inc. fell more than 60% Monday after the Vancouver company announced it was facing cash concerns and was suspending operations at its only working mine.

Canadians plan to spend 14% less this year than in 2007 during the Christmas season, according to a new Maritz Research Canada survey. On average, individual Canadians plan to spend $571 this year, down from $663 during the holiday season last year.

Share prices for some of the province's largest mining companies recovered slightly from the losses incurred on Thursday, when the TSX plunged almost 800 points in one of the worst sell-offs since 1987. Vancouver's Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) saw a 25.

B.C. social workers will now be governed and regulated by the B.C. College of Social Workers, which has been created under the new Social Workers Act.

The provincial government has introduced legislation to implement the government's 10-point plan to deal with the global financial crisis.

More Canadians over 40 are planning to delay retirement, according to a new survey conducted for Desjardins Financial. Approximately 42% of respondents said they'll postpone their retirement by an average of 5.

SSP Canada, the Canadian division of a U.K.-based operator of food and beverage brands for airports and train stations, has won four contracts to open restaurants at Vancouver International Airport.

Kruger Products Ltd. has selected Vancouver's Nexterra Energy to supply the Montreal-based company with a biomass gasification system for its tissue mill in New Westminster. The system will be the first of its kind for the pulp and paper industry.

Vancouver's Telus Corp. plans to invest $100 million over the next three years to expand its Telus Health Solutions health-care information division.