Technology

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has filed a bad faith bargaining complaint against Simon Fraser University, and a hearing before the BC Labour Board has been set for December 17-19.

Telus (TSX:T) is lowering its Internet broadband caps – but the company says customers are not likely to even notice a difference.

Troubled Vancouver biotech QLT has laid off 42% of its workforce, the company announced yesterday.

Vancouver-based social media management system HootSuite announced this morning that it has once again expanded its app directory, following an announcement mid-November that saw new Facebook features being added to its dashboard.

The University of British Columbia has announced an expansion of its School of Economics that will add 10 new faculty members, more than 300 new student spaces and a new undergraduate degree program with a focus on the global economy.

Vancouver’s BroadbandTV was among five companies recognized as one of Canada’s top digital companies, along with Vancouver mobile game developer A Thinking Ape, at the annual Digi Awards in Toronto Tuesday.

After three days of what CUPE describes as “intense” bargaining, a provincial framework deal was reached late Sunday night by the College and Institutes Support Staff Bargaining Association (CISSBA) and the government’s BC Post Secondary Employers’ Association, CUPE announced yesterday.

Cantronic Systems Inc. (TSX-V:CTS), a B.C. company that makes video surveillance and infrared cameras, plans to buy back its common shares and go private.

Vancouver’s Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) (NASDAQ:WPRT) announced this morning that it will be expanding its product line with the introduction of natural gas-powered versions of two Ford Super Duty Trucks.

Microsoft has lifted the veil on a Vancouver studio that is developing a new game franchise. But if it is being earmarked for work on the highly anticipated new Xbox console, Microsoft isn't saying.