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Province revokes approval of TWU law school

Province revokes approval of TWU law school

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk has reversed his decision regarding the approval of the proposed law school at...
Vancouver postal workers launch initiative to save home delivery

Vancouver postal workers launch initiative to save home delivery

December 10 marks exactly one year since Canada Post announced several sweeping cost-cutting measures that included...
Patti Bacchus out, Christopher Richardson in as VSB board chair

Patti Bacchus out, Christopher Richardson in as VSB board chair

Patti Bacchus has been ousted as Vancouver School Board chair, and in her place will be...

Urban optimism aside, big city mayors can’t really save the world

Sometimes an idea looks pretty good on paper, but you just know it would be a disaster in real life. Such is the notion of U.S. creative thinker Benjamin Barber , a senior research scholar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York .

Outlining best practices for structuring a management buyout of your company podium

Without business succession strategies, business owners might have to sell at a discount, hand over their businesses to inappropriate successors or close
Oil price plunge a blessing to some business sectors

Oil price plunge a blessing to some business sectors

Forestry, transportation and retail among sectors likely to benefit if low prices persist
David Gens

David Gens

Forty Under 40 winner 2014: CEO, Merchant Advance Capital LP, Age: 27
Insider trading, Dec. 9, 2014

Insider trading, Dec. 9, 2014

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed the week ending December 3. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
B.C. retail sales hit a new high in September

B.C. retail sales hit a new high in September

While consumers splurged at the sales counter, spending at restaurants, bars and coffee shops backtracked after a stronger August gain
UBC’s ISIS Research Centre gets a new name

UBC’s ISIS Research Centre gets a new name

The ISIS Research Centre at the University of B.C.’s Sauder School of Business has officially changed its name in a bid to distance itself from the radical Islamic group carrying out atrocities in Syria and Iraq.