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BC Business

Evolving B.C. tech startups threaten to disrupt 'dinosaur' industries

Tech companies are challenging old methods of doing business, and they're out to "disrupt" everything from travel to agriculture to financial services.

Finning to cut global workforce by eight per cent, close 11 locations in Canada

Job cuts will include 440 people in Western Canada, 550 in South America and a smaller number in Europe.

Canada-U.S. softwood lumber deal set to expire Oct. 12; priority for B.C.

Clark said the importance of a renewed lumber deal between Canada and the U.S. is her first topic of discussion with Ottawa.

Startup City

The Vancouver Economic Commission is launching ‘Startup City’ on Sept. 21-25 to celebrate the emergence of a rapidly emerging global hub for entrepreneurs. “We know that capital and talent are core...

Jack the Giant Slayer, 21 and Over and three valuable documentaries reviewed

Jack and the Beanstalk becomes a giant 3D spectacle but not for little kids

Doing the math on laneway housing

The figures are as friendly as the miniature homes, magazine discovers.