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Despite slow economy, event management company carves out profitable niche producing large events

Vancouver entrepreneur Paul Clinton has sold his three-location Everything Wine chain and two Libations Liquor stores to the Jim Pattison Group.

Pink salmon fished in three areas of B.C. has been granted an environmental certification from the independent certification body Moody Marine Ltd .

B.C. is ahead of all the other Canadian provinces for individuals achieving freedom from their debts, according to a new poll released this morning by CIBC.

The 23rd annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) is bigger this year than last year thanks to a $30,000 grant from the City of Vancouver ’s 125th anniversary grants program.

As the U.S. government grapples with its balance sheet, a new survey from BMO Bank of Montreal indicates that Canadians aren’t prepared for a crisis in their own finances.

British Columbia’s largest shopping centre is amalgamating space so Swedish retail giant H&M can house its flagship store for Metro Vancouver. Metropolis at Metrotown long touted itself for having about 450 stores.

Markets plunged again this morning, with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)’s S&P/TSX Composite Exchange falling 423.89 points (3.49%) to 11,738.28 shortly after market open.

According to Statistics Canada, building permit values for multi-family dwellings in Vancouver rose more than 42% in June.

According to a Mining Association of Canada (MAC) annual report released yesterday, the mining industry paid $8.4 billion to Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments in 2010.