Business

Sawmills closing in beetle aftermath

Quesnel, Houston mills to shut next year as owners trade timber cutting rights to keep competing mills going

Oct 25, 2013 5:00 AM Read more >

B.C. seeks to diversify Asia wood exports

Market strategy in China and Japan involves promotion of more advanced wood frame technology

Oct 23, 2013 2:00 PM Read more >

Poll points to stalemate in wireless phone war, appetite for more competition

Insights West finds B.C. customers don't see federal government or telcos are their champion

Oct 17, 2013 1:00 PM Read more >

Provinces press for training changes

Ottawa's new Canada Job Grant would leave lower-skilled workers and many small businesses behind, provincial employment ministers agree

Sep 24, 2013 4:00 PM Read more >

B.C. eyes provincial truce on movie subsidies

Cost of film tax credits nearing $400m per year, Finance Minister Mike de Jong says

Sep 19, 2013 5:00 AM Read more >

B.C. pulls plug on power projects

BC Hydro has cancelled or deferred four electricity purchase contracts with independent power producers, and the total may reach 20

Aug 29, 2013 6:00 AM Read more >

B.C. liquor laws get another look

A glass of wine at the spa? A craft beer at the farmer's market? Can B.C. survive the next wave of modernization?

Aug 7, 2013 10:00 AM Read more >

More costly BC Hydro work needed

Costly upgrades to old dams are not enough to prepare BC Hydro for a major earthquake, and electricity rates will continue to rise

Jul 4, 2013 6:00 PM Read more >

B.C. losing people to other provinces

More people continue to move from B.C. to other provinces than migrate west, according to the latest Statistics Canada estimates

Jun 19, 2013 12:00 PM Read more >

Office Politics 101: We only hire internally

It is important to note there are genuine advantages to promoting from within.

Mar 8, 2013 8:00 AM Read more >