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Redevelopment of the former Plaza 500 hotel at Cambie and West 12th has taken a new turn with word that owner KBK Ventures Ltd. is approaching the city regarding alternative uses for the property.

On Monday, April 6, 2009, at 8 a.m. business owner Angus McAllister was roused from sleep by yelling and pounding at his front door.

Liberal budget priorities eroding government's fiscal credibility

There's been resurgence in the Canadian IT sector's private equity market.

Anyone who cares about one of the biggest industries in Canada (agriculture) and its impact on the biggest government-spending sector in Canada (health care) should be paying attention to the raging debates going on about Canada’s food future.

Whenever a senior high-profile public servant is canned – TTC head Gary Webster in Toronto, Vancouver city planner Brent Toderian – there’s a push and a pull.

Robert MacDonald has made a fortune developing real estate projects and knowing when to buy and sell properties by gauging the shifting tides of B.C. politics

Canucks on ice

The cover of Fast Company magazine recently caught my eye. A photo of Google CEO Larry Page was plastered on the front under the heading, “Look out Apple, Facebook & Amazon – Why Google will win.”

If a nutritionist says, “You are what you eat,” then for a business, there’s some truth in recognizing that you are what you buy. That is, you’re not going to reduce your energy use if you keep buying inefficient computers and equipment. Or reduce waste if you don’t get your suppliers to stop using those Styrofoam peanuts.