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B.C.’s vote to kill the HST will “devastate” film and scare manufacturing companies into relocating to Ontario, according to local industry experts.

Chinese merger and acquisition activity in Canada is shifting away from the resource sector toward machinery, equipment and consumer sectors.

Saskatoon-based uranium giant Cameco (TSX:CCO; NYSE: CCJ) this morning announced a hostile takeover bid for Vancouver-based junior uranium mining company Hathor Exploration Ltd. (TSX: HAT).

A hike in Canadians’ cross-border spending boosted Canada’s international travel deficit 3.1% to $3.9 billion in 2011’s second quarter, according to Statistics Canada figures released this morning. Canadians’ total spending abroad rose 4.4% to $8.

The provincial government wants casinos to reduce the amount of cash they use and improve worker training to combat money laundering.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will continue to provide – and fund – border clearance services to Amtrak’s second daily train, which runs between Vancouver and Seattle.

Just two of six Canadian manufacturing industries assessed in a new Conference Board of Canada (CFB) report are projected to achieve pre-recession production levels by 2015.

B.C.’s weekly wages grew faster than the national average in June, both month over month and year over year, according to Statistics Canada . B.C.’s average weekly wage for non-farm employees grew by 0.

The province’s salmon farmers have agreed to test their fish for viruses, according to a key witness who testified at the Cohen Commission in Vancouver Wednesday.

Liberal MLA Iain Black has decided to step away from politics to promote business in Vancouver. On Wednesday, Black was named president and CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade , effective Oct. 3.