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Calico to acquire Grassy Mountain gold mine project
Vancouver-based Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB), formerly Cobre Exploration Corp., announced today that it has entered into a non-binding, exclusive...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-23 19:35:51

Bute Inlet Hydroelectric Project to undergo scrutiny if revived
Canada’s environment minister Peter Kent confirmed last week that the stalled Bute Inlet Hydroelectric Project will remain subject to the...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-23 19:35:51

Troubled Teck lowers coal and copper sales outlook
Following Monday’s announcement that the labour strike at Teck Resources Ltd.’s (TSX:TCKA and B) Elkview coal mine would continue, the...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-23 19:35:50

Coastal Contacts has million-dollar day
Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) had its largest-ever sales day March 21, recording more than $1.1 million in orders.


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-23 19:35:50

Telus to spend $83 million on Lower Mainland expansion
Telus Corp. (TSX:T) will invest nearly $83 million across the Lower Mainland to expand its wireless and wired networks.


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-23 19:35:49

Vancouverites’ passion for circus-style shows has prompted travelling theatre company Cavalia to extend its stay at the Olympic Village and...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-22 22:24:04

Minorities making less than white counterparts: report
Visual minorities earn nearly 20% less than their white counterparts, according to a study released March 21 by the Canadian...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-22 22:24:03

According to a Statistics Canada retail trade report released today, B.C. recorded the fourth highest decline in national retail sales...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-22 22:24:03

Shippers welcome plan to improve rail freight services
The Western Canadian Shippers’ Coalition (WCSC) expressed cautious optimism today about the federal government’s steps in response to the final...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-22 22:24:02

First Nations call on BMO to withhold financing for Enbridge pipeline
Five First Nations of the Yinka Dene Alliance are telling the Bank of Montreal (BMO) today in Vancouver not to...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-22 22:24:02

B.C.’s January overnight visitors from Australia jumped 22.6%, from the Asia-Pacific, 11%, and from the United States, 3.2%, year over...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-21 21:46:46

Shell calls for Canada to be global energy superpower
The president of Shell Canada (NYSE:RDS:A and B) today called for Canada to take the initiative and emerge as the...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-21 21:46:45

Canadian business insolvencies down 22% in 2010
Canadian business insolvencies fell in 2010 by 22.3% compared with 2009 and consumer insolvencies decreased by 11%, according to statistics...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-21 21:46:45

Nexterra technology converts wood to heat UNBC
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has just opened its new bioenergy plant, which will heat campus buildings using...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-21 21:46:45

Striking Teck workers at Elkview mine reject new deal
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B) announced today that 57% of the employees at its Elkview operation in southeastern...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-21 21:46:44

Word that troubled upscale steakhouse chain Morton’s Restaurant Group Inc. (NYSE:MRT) is up for sale spurred shares to soar 12%...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-18 20:10:49

Tranzeo does deal with Indian communications company
Pitt Meadows-based Tranzeo Wireless Technologies, Inc. (TSX:TZT) has signed its second deal with an Indian communications provider.


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-18 20:10:48

Encana buys 30% of Kitimat LNG terminal
Natural gas giant Encana (TSX:ECA) has signed a deal to take a 30% stake in the proposed Kitimat liquefied natural...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-18 20:10:47

NaiKun Wind shares up 176% on environmental approval news
Nearly a year after the wind was knocked out of NaiKun’s (TSX-V:NKW) sails, the company is continuing to move forward...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-18 20:10:46

Mercedes-Benz to build $50 million fuel cell plant in Burnaby
New premier Christy Clark joined German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz downtown Thursday to announce plans for a new fuel cell production...


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Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-18 20:10:45

Federal government funds 400 small business internships
Canadian small and medium-sized businesses will again benefit from the labours of approximately 400 student interns, through the federally funded...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-17 19:33:16

Copper Mountain shipments on track despite Japan quake
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX:CUM) assured investors Thursday morning that the earthquake in Japan would not affect copper shipments from its...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-17 19:33:16

Burnaby-based Tekmira sues Alnylam for more than $1 billion
Burnaby-based Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq:TKMR, TSX:TKM) is suing Alnylam Pharcameuticals, Inc. over allegations that company trade secrets were stolen and...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-17 19:33:15

New fund will help investors track Venture-listed miners
A new vehicle has been launched for investors who want to cash in on TSX Venture Exchange-listed junior mining companies.


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-17 19:33:15

Global economic future unclear despite low recession risk: CIBC
A natural disaster in Japan and continued unrest in the Middle East are prompting concerns about the global economy, even...


Newspaper: Business in Vancouver
Feed: BIV Interactive	Date: 2011-03-17 19:33:14

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