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T.B. Vets Foundation chops 14 staff

Organization sells Burnaby headquarters, focuses on core service to survive as economy hits charities hard

Building on sustainability basics

Vancouver-based office-supply business emphasizes social and environmental responsibility

B.C. business groups push for PST overhaul

Companies want an improved PST to help soften the blow of losing the HST, but the BCCC says a higher priority is accelerating the tax transition timeline

Taking an unbiased look at municipal books is a good idea

Municipal auditor general. On their own or strung together, they’re words that would send even politically engaged voters to dreamland. But the debate raging over Premier Christy Clark’s commitment to appoint one ought to wake you up – because it’s your wallet at stake.

Locals grapple with global piracy plague

The proliferation of murder and hijacking in waters off Africa’s Somali coast is affecting virtually every shipping company doing business in B.C.

Cross-border M action set to accelerate in North America’s energy-efficient sector

Large-scale energy efficiency is rapidly becoming a focal point for many sustainability programs throughout the United States and Canada.

Lawsuit against big tobacco gets fast-tracked

Supreme Court of Canada judgment clears way for simpler showdown

Networking on the greens

Deal-makers hit UBC fairways in BIV-Association for Corporate Growth event

Food partnerships go global

Vancouver startups sign deals with multinationals. Technologies from Pakit and Enwave innovating in arenas that have been static for decades

PNE braces for strike action following its annual 17-day fair

Vancouver Giants Western Hockey League games among events that could be disrupted as union workers seek cost-of-living raise and better job security