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Fees and red tape continue to frustrate small-business owners on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border

Industry’s ability to develop new projects being eroded as fuzzy regulations, limited manpower and zero on-site audits hamper government’s ability to monitor mines, power projects and resorts

Sprott-Shaw ’s parent company, CIBT Education Group (TSX:MBA), has once again extended its hand into China.

Vancouver’s Glowbal Group is expanding its head office, training facilities and take-out pasta division by taking space on Hornby Street that had been Mona’s Mediterranean Restaurant until it closed a few months ago.

Vancouver city council’s planning and environment committee will get a report July 28 that estimates separated bike lanes have had a $2.4 million cumulative impact on businesses along Dunsmuir and Hornby streets.

B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) needs to change its ways if it’s to live up to its mandate to protect the environment, according to a recent report from Auditor General John Doyle .

Vancouver city council will consider a report tomorrow (July 26) on the future of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.

Victoria is injecting another $8 million into B.C.’s fledgling clean-tech industry.

David Beckham ’s absence from the July 30 match between his L.A. Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps will not keep the Whitecaps from attracting the largest crowd so far this year to watch a soccer game at Empire Field.

Vancouver’s separated bike lanes have a “moderate” impact on business, according to a study released Thursday – the same day the City of Vancouver released its own study that finds bike use in the city is up.