- Business in Vancouver

The Richmond Centre Liberal MP who took more than a year to open his constituency office was among the biggest spenders on contracts during his first calendar year in the House of Commons. Wilson Miao, who upset Conservative incumbent Alice Wong in the September 2021 federal election, spent […]

Declining returns of sockeye, chinook and coho salmon in B.C. have been well-documented, resulting in commissions of inquiry, commercial fishing closures and more than $600 million in federal funding for a Pacific salmon recovery strategy. Less attention has been paid to a decline of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation's worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn't been cooperating. Consider what happened in January: The government said Friday that employers […]

VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. says it is in talks regarding a potential deal to increase its stake in its Gibraltar copper mine in B.C. The company says it has been in confidential discussions with Sojitz Corp. regarding the potential purchase of its 12.5 per cent effective interest in the […]

OTTAWA — Big tech companies that offer online streaming services could soon be required to contribute to Canadian content as a controversial Liberal bill gets one step closer to becoming law. The Senate has passed the online streaming act known as Bill C-11 with a dozen amendments following […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China as the Biden administration weighs a broader response to the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western United States, U.S. […]

OTTAWA — Canada announced that it had called China's ambassador onto the carpet as Ottawa and Washington expressed their disapproval Friday over a high-altitude balloon found to have been hovering over sensitive sites in the United States. Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned for the […]

TORONTO — Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting an in-person meeting Friday with the provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto to discuss issues including the current economic environment and the transition to a clean economy. The meeting will […]

CALGARY — With the final decision by a U.S. regulator just weeks away, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s CEO says the company is "ready to roll" on its proposed merger with U.S. railroad Kansas City Southern. Keith Creel, head of the Calgary-headquartered railway, made the comment during a […]

B.C.’s civil service was abuzz this week after the new David Eby administration changed the rules on remote work, allowing thousands of government staff more certainty to work from home in an attempt to boost morale and encourage recruitment of people who live outside Victoria and Vancouver. […]

BIV is proud to recognize Adrian Wan, partner at Fasken, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at an awards gala Feb. 22. Profiles of each award recipient […]

BIV is proud to recognize Richard Vandegriend, co-founder of Arya Health and cardiologist and director of heart failure services at Royal Columbian Hospital, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under […]

BIV is proud to recognize Cory Wright, founder and president of William Wright Commercial, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at an awards gala Feb. 22. […]

BIV is proud to recognize Yajing (ChiChi) Wang, vice-president of communications and external affairs at Sungiven Foods, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at […]

A North Vancouver man who collected $2,000 a month to stage illegal Save Old Growth roadblocks was sentenced Thursday in Vancouver Provincial Court to a month of house arrest and a month of curfew. Benjamin Donald Holt, 53, pleaded guilty in December to being involved in four separate […]

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says it has completed the sale of its 21.3 per cent stake in the Fort Hills oilsandsmine to Suncor Energy Inc. and TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd. The Vancouver-based mining company announced last year that it would sell its […]

Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver party raised more than $1.9 million in donations to dominate the 2022 Vancouver civic election, according to campaign finance returns released Thursday by Elections BC. ABC reported $1,008,687.88 in donations and $414,003.38 in other income and transfers […]

NEW York (AP) — Amazon on Thursday reported worse-than-expected profits, but its revenue beat expectations boosted by sales in North America businesses and the cloud-computing unit AWS. Amazon said it made $300 million in profits, or 3 cents per share, falling below the $2.03 billion […]

OTTAWA — Canada has renewed mandatory COVID-19 testing and screening for travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macao for another two months. The government mandated pre-boarding tests for people coming from those places last month after China removed longstanding public-health restrictions, […]

Lithium has been called “white” gold and the “new petroleum,” but for the average investor wanting to get in on lithium and other energy transition metals and minerals, options are largely limited to investing directly in individual miners and junior exploration companies. […]

TORONTO — Nestle Canada says it is winding down its frozen meals and pizza business in Canada over the next six months. The four brands that will no longer be sold in the freezer aisle at Canadian grocery stores are Delissio, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine and Life Cuisine. The company says it is […]

MONTREAL — Telecom giant BCE Inc. is starting to wind down a surge of infrastructure spending as it readies to flex both its improved network and increased capital room to attract more customers. "We have the room to compete on price if anyone wants to take us there," said chief executive […]

Canada Goose Holdings Inc. cut its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Thursday as COVID-19 related disruptions in China and slowing momentum in North America curtailed the luxury parka maker's sales in its biggest quarter of the year.  "We did face challenges during our seasonally […]

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) has released a detailed road map to remedy the escalating human resource deficit plaguing B.C.’s business community. Solving B.C.’s Workforce Challenges provides a detailed inventory of recommended actions and directions aimed at bridging […]

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. (DAC) says light vehicle sales in Canada in January were up 7.5 per cent compared with the first month of 2022. The automotive industry research firm estimates 98,259 new light vehicles were sold by reporting manufacturers in January. The […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc.'s said Thursday that it fourth-quarter earnings got a boost from higher roaming revenue as travel bounced back and from improved returns from sports advertising and its Toronto Blue Jays franchise as activity normalized. The telecom giant, which is […]

Metro Vancouver only mall filled exclusively with outlet stores is set to expand. The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver mall in Richmond, near Vancouver International Airport, is preparing to add a 65,000-square-foot third phase to its 324,000-square-foot footprint, the mall's general manager […]

BIV is proud to recognize David van Hemmen, vice-president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at an awards gala Feb. […]

BIV is proud to recognize Sushant Trivedi, CEO of Fresh Tracks Canada, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at an awards gala Feb. 22. Profiles of each award […]

BIV is proud to recognize Chris Thom, portfolio manager at Odlum Brown Ltd., and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be celebrated at an awards gala Feb. 22. Profiles of each […]

BIV is proud to recognize Benjamin Thiede, senior director of business development and licensing at STEMCELL Technologies, and 39 exceptional business leaders with 2022 Forty under 40 Awards. Each recipient is featured in BIV's annual Forty under 40 Magazine, and will be […]

A particularly cold start of the winter, coupled with growing worries about inflation and a drop in economic confidence at the national level, made British Columbians more aware of their energy use. When Research Co. and Glacier Media asked the province’s residents about their level of […]

About a year-and-a-half ago, Kirstin Hepburn won a contest to create characters and branding for Coquitlam's inaugural dumpling festival. The event drew some 25,000 visitors to Town Centre Park — many of whom fell in love with the Port Coquitlam resident's digital artwork. So when […]

Is there a young tenor, baritone or bass in your house looking for an outlet for choral singing? Young singers interested in being part of a male-voice choir are invited to take part in Chor Leoni’s MYVoice program, a free, 10-week choral experience for singers aged 12 and up. The […]

The Squamish Hot Chocolate Festival is coming up, and this year there are more options to try than ever before. Twenty businesses across Squamish will be dishing out tasty hot chocolates from Feb. 3 to 20, giving participants 18 days to try them all. “At this year’s festival […]

Cocktail competitions can be intense affairs for both participants and spectators. We're about to get a taste of the action thanks to the upcoming Vancouver Cocktail Week (VCW) festivities. VCW's closing gala event (Mar. 11) at the Hotel Vancouver will have live […]

Eight of the 12 recommendations made Wednesday by a jury after the inquest into the 2019 suicide of Const. Nicole Chan were directed to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). The five jurors heard evidence in Burnaby Coroners Court over seven days, beginning Jan. 23, into what led to the […]

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Tuesday 1,043 family doctors have signed up for a new payment model that aims to retain and attract more of them to address a significant shortage. “This starts to address the crisis in family medicine,” Dix told media in Vancouver. The […]

British Columbians hoping for a residential real estate market that differs from 2022 will be disappointed, according to a new regional forecast. Sales and prices this year are projected to remain relatively similar to what was seen last year, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater […]

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is projected to outspend predecessor Kennedy Stewart with 10 staff in his office who have annual salaries that add up to almost $880,000. Nine have backgrounds working in political jobs for Sim’s ABC Vancouver party, the BC Liberals or as candidates for civic office. […]

Canadian retail spending increased six per cent year-over-year in November thanks largely to a 13.7-per-cent price hike for automotive and household fuels, Statistics Canada said this morning. Spending on those fuels soared 23.8 per cent, compared with November 2021. This was those fuels' 21st […]

A new B2B network is being launched in B.C. to match the mining and forestry sectors, as well as water managers, with cleantech companies and identify and adopt the best technology to reduce energy and emissions intensities. In turn, it is hoped that providing a local customer base will help new […]

Alberta led the way in new solar power installations in Canada last year, and one of the new additions was built by a joint venture between Vancouver’s Concord Pacific through its renewable energy subsidiary, Concord Green Energy, and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN). Many British […]

B.C.’s addictions treatment system is an infuriating mess that’s not working. Let's start there, and say it out loud, because it’s true. The politicians know it. Two successive governments have failed to fix it. Years tick by, and people keep dying. The only thing that seems to […]

The Competition Bureau has opened an inquiry to see if forestry industry claims of sustainable management on vast stretches of Canadian woodlands are false advertising.  The inquiry, announced late last year, comes in response to a complaint filed by the environmental law firm Ecojustice on […]

VICTORIA — The former chief medical officer of health in Alberta, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, has a new short-term role as the deputy provincial health officer in British Columbia. B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says Hinshaw joins on a six-month contract while the province's […]

Experts say Canada’s plan to increase immigration may ease some pressures in the labour market, but bigger changes are needed to ensure new permanent residents are matched with the jobs that most need filling.  With the unemployment rate at historic lows, many companies are […]

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is raising its estimate for the cost of its Coastal GasLink project to $14.5 billion, up from an earlier estimate of $11.2 billion. The company says the pipeline project continues to face material cost pressures including a challenging labour market and contractor […]

TORONTO — A report from an investor-focused advocacy group raises questions about how well some of Canada's biggest investors are meeting their climate commitments. The report from Investors for Paris Compliance (IPC) looks at the voting records on shareholder proposals by 19 Canadian […]

Vancouver's Fuller Family is readying to launch in June a new restaurant banner: Birdies Eats & Drinks, with a first location in Burnaby. Its plan is to soon close its 26-year-old Earls Kitchen + Bar location at 3850 Lougheed Highway in Burnaby, do extensive renovations and reopen the […]