aggregated from: Beyond Robson

It's a sad city that can't sustain independent bookstores anymore, and that's quickly the kind of city that Vancouver has grown into with the closing of the last Duthie's Books location on 4th ave announced a few days ago. The bookstore, once a chain...

topics: business, downtown

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HK s response to Harper s China visit (released to CIV on Dec 6):Andrew Work of Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HKCanadians doing business in China hold similar values to Canadians in Canada. Where there may be a diffe...

topics: business, economy, investment, olympic-games, premier

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].During the last provincial election, the BC Liberal Party stated in black and white that ...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, business, candidate, concert

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Sounds like a shame to me. Wherein the Province dedicates column space to a cop who's bummed he doesn't get to play with his fancy sound blaster. Everyone knows the police do more than speak when things get out of hand. Indeed, have you ever tried ...

topics: business, show

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

I can t believe that now more Canadians support a unilateralist position than do Americans! When the Americans have moved on from the Bushism and into a multi-lateral, cooperative mode, we the friendly Canadians are catching on the chase for ism ide...

topics: business, election, political, politics, score

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].The BC Liberals often claimed that economic development and management are their strength...

topics: 2010-winter-games, business, candidate, economy, election

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

November 12th marks the start of Vancouver's Amnesty International Film Festival with over 25 films. The festival will run until November 15th, but seems to pack a good punch into those few days with a lot of interesting films to choose from, includi...

topics: business, coffee, film-festival, show

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Guest written by Angela Uncles.The Spring/Summer 2010 Jaqueline Conoir collection, brought to fruition by designer Rozemerie Cuevas, kicked off BC Fashion week at the Fortune Sound Club in Chinatown. The show featured what has become the standard of ...

topics: business, chinatown, designer, fashion, show

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Earlier, we exclusively reported the head of the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch took a six-day, $8,155 business trip to Bordeaux and London this past June - tacking on a 12-day United Kingdom vacation for himself at the end of that trip....

aggregated from: Price Tags

My current Business in Vancouver article:The bets are in. The stakes are high. With billions on the table for the Canada Line and the Gateway project, we have two very different visions for our region.The first, transit-oriented; the second, auto-dep...

topics: business, city-of-vancouver, coal-harbour, density, design