- Business in Vancouver

The Metro Vancouver region is looking at a potential wave of development fee increases with impacts already seen in the postponement of a federal funding announcement. The organization representing 21 regional municipalities, Metro Vancouver, will deliberate next month whether development cost […]

Construction apprentices in B.C. are getting a leg up as the industry navigates an ongoing worker shortage. The B.C. Construction Association (BCCA) announced Wednesday (Sept. 27) it’s so far distributed $10 million to small and medium-sized employers in the construction business through its […]

A record-high $966 million in wildfire spending and lower natural gas prices have added $2.5 billion to British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year. The new projection of $6.7 billion comes as Finance Minister Katrine Conroy releases the province's first-quarterly report for […]

The Trudeau Government has finally realized that housing affordability is a national issue that could cost them the next election unless they take emergency measures. The feds certainly have the tools: a ministry of housing headed by a rising Liberal star in Sean Fraser; a federal agency, […]

Vancouver's yoga-wear maker Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq:LULU) will partner with Peloton Interactive Inc. (Nasdaq:PTON) in a five-year pact that will see Peloton become Lululemon's exclusive global digital-fitness-content provider, and Lululemon become Peloton's primary […]

Forest products firm Canfor says hired contractors on their way to conduct field survey work for the company were on board a helicopter that crashed outside Prince George, B.C., killing two and injuring four.  Emergency crews were called just before 8 a.m. Tuesday after the helicopter crashed […]

It might only be September, but snow is falling at ski resorts in British Columbia.  A live mountain camera at Whistler Peak, which has an elevation of 2,182 m, shows a winter wonderland with snow blanketing the ground and it sticking around.  As of 10:30 a.m., Blackcomb and the […]

North Vancouver's BlueShore Financial is about to have three CEOs in a three-month period after decades of continuity at the top. The credit union announced today that it has hired Ian Thomas as its next permanent CEO, effective Nov. 14. That means that the new CEO will not have his term […]

Canada has a new fisheries minister. And should there be any doubt in her mind what the most politically explosive file on her desk might be, a coalition of First Nation leaders, commercial fishermen, wilderness tourism operators and salmon advocacy groups attended a press conference in Vancouver […]

A Summerland plant pathologist is working on a cure for a complex disease that continues to attack grapevines across the province. José Ramón Úrbez-Torres and his team have been working on a way to combat the notoriously destructive grapevine trunk disease (GTD) through […]

B.C. could soon see physician assistants hired to help doctors in hospital emergency departments, where staffing shortages have led to closures. The Health Ministry announced Wednesday that it’s seeking public feedback online for the next seven days on proposed bylaw changes to enable […]

B.C. businesses say they are closely monitoring the situation between Canada and India amid ongoing tensions. The bilateral relationship hit a new low after Prime Minister Trudeau accused India of assassinating Canadian Sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey last week. India responded by suspending […]

BIV’s 2023 list of fastest-growing companies highlights 100 B.C. companies that have seen extraordinary success increasing revenue over the past five years. Many of the companies on the list tend to operate under the radar, yet have grown into profitable and successful ventures.  […]

As of Dec. 31, 2023, the Resource Municipalities Coalition (RMC) will be no more. The announcement was made in a press release by the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), who’s been a supporter and partner of the initiative since it began in 2014. The decision to end the […]

The federal government on Wednesday unfurled a voluntary code of conduct for generative AI, as anxiety persists over its proliferation and pace of development. The self-imposed guardrails will “build safety and trust as the technology spreads,” Innovation […]

Canadian cannabis companies are cheering a Senate committee's decision today to push forward with easing federal financing restrictions on the U.S. industry.  The Senate banking committee voted 14-9 to send the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act for a full vote on the […]

The federal government has spent at least $120,000 to contest five orders from the Office of the Information Commissioner, according to documents submitted to the House of Commons. In June, MP John Nater (Conservative, Perth-Wellington) asked the Liberal government for statistics on binding […]

Vancouver developer Howard Meakin has owned thefamed Expo 86-era floating McDonald's restaurant vessel known as the McBarge for decades, and despite its outward appearance, by no means is it derelict, he says.  The vessel was made famous during the 1986 World […]

Last year, British Columbia reported its lowest annual number of newborns since 2006, according to a new report on births from Statistics Canada. The province saw 41,833 newborns in 2022, which marks a continued downward trend since 45,269 British Columbianswere born in 2016. The last year […]

(Editor's note: Story has been corrected to indicate the study of 500.) The B.C. government is backing away from a promised publicly-available dashboard on the impacts of decriminalization, saying it’s constrained by the type of information available. Mental Health and Addictions Minister […]

Hundreds of Rogers workers in Metro Vancouver may go on strike in October after union members on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving their union the right to call for job action – including a strike. About 300 members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944 from Rogers […]

A B.C. Supreme Court judge agrees with First Nations who say the B.C. government has a duty to consult them at the earliest stage of the mining development process – the staking of a mineral claim. In a ruling today – apparently the first in which a judge was guided by DRIPA -- […]

Former NHL player and North Vancouver resident Cameron Paddock has admitted to illegal insider trading and conduct abusive to B.C.’s capital markets, according to a settlement agreement with the B.C. Securities Commission. Paddock is now largely barred from the securities industry for the […]

Canadian beef producers want the country’s food safety systems recognized in the United Kingdom before Britain is formally allowed to join the trans-Pacific trade deal known as CPTPP. Canadian Cattle Association president Nathan Phinney delivered that message to the North American, European […]

B.C. resident Hardeep Dhaliwal is suing drugmakers and retailers for unjustly enriching themselves, and for misrepresenting how effective products with phenylephrine are at decongesting nasal passages. His action follows news earlier this month that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory […]

In another boost to the development of its Baptiste nickel project in British Columbia, FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; US-OTC: FPOCF) has secured a strategic partnership with a couple of high-profile Japanese groups that share the same desire to establish a green battery supply chain. Last […]

Premier David Eby says "it's pretty clear" the federal government is not yet ready to share its renewed housing strategy or how it will work with British Columbia's plans to tackle the provincial housing crisis.  Eby's remarks come as B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon and Saanich Mayor Dean […]

Ten of 47 B.C. municipalities on the government’s so-called “naughty list” of communities that need to build more homes have been given their assignments. The number and type of homes targeted for construction within the first municipalities that were announced as part of the […]

Burnaby's Loop Energy (TSX:LPEN), a hydrogen fuel cell company, plans to drastically cut staff and shut down a production facility in China to buy itself some runway. “Due to challenging capital market conditions, including significant stock price declines in the hydrogen fuel cell sector […]

British Columbia’s Labour Code can apply to B.C.’s parliament buildings, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled on Friday. Justice Bruce Ellwood rejected the legislative assembly of B.C.’s petition that sought to overturn a B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) decision in favour of a […]

The purchase price for Quest University’s campus has been censored from a contract released by Capilano University. On Aug. 16, NDP Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Minister Selina Robinson appeared in Squamish to announce the province had provided $48 million to Capilano for its […]

Check-in at B.C. Ferries terminals was delayed again Tuesday morning as the company experienced problems processing debit and credit card transactions at terminals. The corporation issued an update about 10:05 a.m. saying the issue had been resolved. Several morning sailings were delayed as a […]

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he received an intelligence briefing about allegations that the Indian government could be behind the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia.  Singh says after learning more information, he can "confirm" that "clear evidence" of India's involvement […]

Developer Bosa Properties, on behalf of the Cohen family, has presented a rezoning application for the shuttered Army & Navy store in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The application calls for commercial and rental housing towers at 8 to 36 Cordova Street and 15 to 27 West Hastings […]

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is unlocking another $20 billion in low-cost financing for the construction of rental housing across Canada. The federal government had an annual limit of $40 billion on its Canada Mortgage Bonds program, which raises funds for […]

As B.C. grapples with boosting its low housing supply, policy lessons from other cities across the globe could offer a blueprint on how to do it right. That's according to a Sept. 26 report from the B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA), which concludes that evidence from Auckland, New […]

The Boomers are Aging. Their Kids aren't Ready. That's a recent American headline. It could be written in Canada.  Public policy debate focuses on crime, housing costs, inflation, and access to medical care.  Missing from the list is our aging society. When Premier Christy Clark […]

An artificial intelligence researcher at Google says fixing fairness in the technology "isn't a simple thing," but the world has an opportunity to get it right as the software explodes in popularity. "It's as though we been given a second chance on how we use this technology to dismantle some of […]

Inflation and labour shortages are a surefire recipe for increased wage pressure – a trend confirmed by an annual Telus Health survey, which finds base salaries are growing faster than expected. The annual survey is based on data from more than 500 Canadian organizations in various […]

An activist investor that pushed for changes at Parkland Corp. earlier this year is making new recommendations such as prioritizing share buybacks. In a letter to the Parkland board on Tuesday, Engine Capital commended the company on the work it has done so far including changes at the board and […]

British Columbians are not supposed to participate in a provincial election until the fall of 2024, but there has been plenty of movement on several fronts in the past six months. The province held two by-elections that were easily won by the party in power. We also now have four official parties […]

Editor's note: This story has been edited with changes concerning the fines and how the court is imposing them. A proposal to pay more than $300,000 for marine safety programs, has been tentatively OK’d in Prince Rupert Provincial Court in the case involving the Feb. 10, 2021 sinking of the […]

As tensions continue to bubble between the governments of Canada and India, a Richmond MP is highlighting the importance of safety for his constituents and fellow Canadian citizens. The shooting death of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the parking lot of a […]

Even if no new government climate policies are introduced before 2030, global demand for fossil fuels will still peak before the end of the decade, a new report by the International Energy Agency states. The report released Tuesday says the worldwide rollout of key technologies such as […]

B.C. lawyers are freezing their professional fees next year in an attempt to curb legal costs, just as liability claims this year are on pace to reach an all-time high. Keeping legal costs down is considered a key component of the legal community for improving access to justice and last Friday, […]

Provincial legislation to reform the Law Society of B.C. will be introduced next spring, instead of this fall, as the government continues to iron out details of a new single legal regulator that promises to make many legal services cheaper and easier to understand for the public.   […]

A Richmond church has been denied a tax exemption for three commercial units they own in a strip mall since they have yet to renovate the space into a worship area. Richmond Emmanual Church has bought three commercial units at President Plaza on Cambie Road, but because no […]

Farm Credit Canada expects fertilizer prices to remain under pressure into early 2024. Prices have been falling since reaching record highs in 2022 as the world faced supply issues following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. FCC senior economist Leigh Anderson thinks the recent […]

British Columbia Premier David Eby and six of his cabinet ministers are in Ottawa for two days to meet with federal policymakers on issues including housing, wildfires, and floods. Eby's office says the B.C. delegation will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior federal officials to […]

The B.C. government has rejected an application for an exploration permit for a copper-gold deposit in the Golden Triangle of Northwestern B.C, according to the Tahltan First Nation, which objected to the permit being issued. The permit in question was for the Torr Metals Inc. (TSX-V:TMET) […]