Business
$100 million tech fund for B.C. 'Dragon's Den'
Outside venture capital experts will be hired to administer seed money fund for high-tech startups establishing in B.C.
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Forest trade mission finds Asian headwinds
With Japan slipping back into recession and sales down in China, B.C. forest companies push for more wood construction
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Contractors picked for Site C construction
Samsung of Korea, ACCIONA of Spain and Petrowest to sign BC Hydro's biggest-ever construction contract for Peace River dam
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Real estate, low dollar keep B.C. in the black
Property transfer tax up $150 million from spring budget, tourism and movie business surge due to 75-cent Canadian dollar
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Merritt-Coquitlam power line completed
A year behind schedule and over-budget, high-voltage line subject to arbitration between BC Hydro and its contractor
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Black touts 'safer' oil-by-rail plan for B.C. refinery
'Dead' Northern Gateway pipeline prompts plan B to move bitumen using trains
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B.C. debates carbon capture legislation
Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman says changes needed to regulation of CO2 capture and storage deep underground
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B.C. food product sales set record
Value of food products growing, but number of family farms flat at 20,000 as new generation eyes other careers
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Weather windfall for U.S. power exports
Warm winter left record water levels in B.C.'s Peace and Columbia River reservoirs, with water released to alleviate U.S. drought
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Canada Post halts community mailbox conversion
Possible reprieve for 460,000 households slated to lose door-to-door home delivery
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