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Peace region missing from Destination BC picture

Peace region missing from Destination BC picture

Destination BC’s latest video to promote tourism in the province features aerial shots of mountains, images of surfers walking through rainforests and beautiful pans along the coastline.
Storm-watching in Ucluelet

Storm-watching in Ucluelet

Taking in tempests on Vancouver Island
Victoria tightens rules for restaurant servers

Victoria tightens rules for restaurant servers

Those newly required to get Serving It Right certification include flight attendants in B.C. airspace
Car2go launches services in Richmond, YVR

Car2go launches services in Richmond, YVR

After launching in B.C.’s largest city more than three years ago, vehicle-sharing company Car2go is now allowing its fleet to take off from Richmond and Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
Browns Restaurant opens its first Eastern Canadian location in Mississauga

Browns Restaurant opens its first Eastern Canadian location in Mississauga

The new restaurant is the chain’s 30th Canadian location and 34th location overall
Is there hope on the horizon for Burnaby restaurant closed due to pipeline protest?

Is there hope on the horizon for Burnaby restaurant closed due to pipeline protest?

Horizons Restaurant sits empty, an unlikely casualty in the war being waged by protesters against the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
B.C. government cuts red tape on licensed events

B.C. government cuts red tape on licensed events

Ski hills and golf courses will more easily and cheaply be able to expand licensed areas
U.S.-based Dogtopia opens first Canadian franchise in Metro Vancouver

U.S.-based Dogtopia opens first Canadian franchise in Metro Vancouver

Dogs aren’t all that different from coffee, according to Peter Thomas. Coffee was quite popular prior to Starbucks but the retail chain helped the market explode with its branding efforts, said the chairman of U.S.-based Dogtopia.
Friday Night Markets to return to North Vancouver

Friday Night Markets to return to North Vancouver

Building on its meteoric popularity in recent years, Friday Night Markets will be back at Shipbuilders' Square in 2015
Bread, butter and booze: grocery stores to soon start selling liquor

Bread, butter and booze: grocery stores to soon start selling liquor

This is no joke: starting April 1, 2015, you will be able to buy your libations at grocery stores