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Microsoft president hails Vancouver tech scene at Web Summit

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) president Brad Smith hailed Vancouver's technology scene and called technology a bridge that can connect people despite geopolitics in his speech this week...

City of Vancouver ‘pauses’ work on mayor’s push to abolish elected park board

The City of Vancouver has paused the work of abolishing the elected park board after the provincial government failed to implement Mayor Ken Sim’s...

Most of Western Canada’s glaciers ‘doomed’ to disappear, researchers find

Climate change has put Western Canada’s glaciers on track for devastating loss over the coming decades, with the southern half of B.C. expected to...

U.S.-China tensions influencing Vancouver industrial real estate

Although the U.S. and China recently put a three-month pause on steep reciprocal tariffs, Vancouver’s industrial real estate market is feeling the heat as...

Opinion: B.C. climate action has reduced emissions, with economic success

B.C. splashed onto the global climate scene in 2008 when then-premier Gordon Campbell introduced North America’s first economy-wide carbon tax, enacted stringent vehicle emission...

Popular burger chain has closed 7 restaurants this year with more on the chopping block

Red Robin announced in March that it plans to close dozens of underperforming locations over the next several years. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — National...

Prime Minister Mark Carney: Collaboration with municipalities ‘more important than ever’

Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged Friday in front of hundreds of municipal politicians—including Vancouver city councillors—that his government will be a “reliable partner” on...

Mike Hurley: Metro Vancouver works well but can work even better

The Metro Vancouver Regional District does exceptional work every day. We deliver some of the world’s best drinking water to your tap, and make...

S&P/TSX composite slides on Friday but caps off month near record highs

Canada’s main stock index on Friday continued to trim the gains that pushed it to a record closing high two days earlier, as investors...

Hudson’s Bay heads into last days of sale with lots of shoppers, little merchandise

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay headed into its last weekend of liquidation sales with its Toronto flagship teeming with shoppers looking for one last treasure...

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