Business in Vancouver

Iris Automation CEO Alex Harmsen (second from left) says drone regulations in Canada have become increasingly strict over the past two years. His Vancouver-founded startup has since moved its headquarters to San Francisco, although the company maintains an office in B.C.

Innovation

Tighter federal drone rules could drive Canadian innovation

5 Apr 2017 - 11:23am

Seaspan Ferries recently took delivery of its second LNG-powered ferry. Photo: BIV

United States & Canada

Use of LNG as transportation fuel accelerates in BC

4 Apr 2017 - 3:44pm

Rendering of the St. Paul Jim Pattison Centre. Photo: St. Paul's Hospital Foundation

United States & Canada

B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison makes largest donation for medical centre

29 Mar 2017 - 5:36pm

One-bedroom rents in top financial centres in the world. Photo: RentCafé

United States & Canada

Vancouver rent is expensive, but it’s ‘reasonable’ for a financial centre

23 Mar 2017 - 2:23pm

Christy Clark speaks at the B.C. Tech Summit March 14. Photo: Tyler Orton

United States & Canada

Clark touts British Columbia as inclusive inward-looking countries’ alternative

15 Mar 2017 - 12:20pm

Photo: Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Cleantech one of the fastest growing industries in British Columbia

14 Mar 2017 - 3:03pm

Chart: Statistics Canada report, "Women and paid work"

Science & Research

‘Women’s work’ value partly responsible for Canada’s wage gap

9 Mar 2017 - 12:57pm

Simon Fraser University Prof. Carman Neustaedter has been using technology to solve some of the concerns business executives and others now have about travel to the U.S. Photo: Rob Kruyt

United States & Canada

Canadian entrepreneurs tap tech to skirt U.S. travel uncertainty

1 Mar 2017 - 11:12am

Minimum wage will be C$11.35 (US$8.60) per hour in B.C. as of September 15. Photo: Marcin Kadziolka/Shutterstock.com

United States & Canada

B.C.’s minimum wage to reach US$8.60 per hour in September

28 Feb 2017 - 11:44am

To meet Lupii Café’s zero-waste mandate, Basic Design designed and produced all the interior furnishings and signage from reclaimed, upcycled materials. Photo: Basic Design

Business

‘Making’ the business case for upcycling

24 Feb 2017 - 4:39pm

Concord Pacific’s Brentwood project used virtual reality to showcase its condos before any were built. Photo: Business in Vancouver

United States & Canada

‘Virtual realty’ delivers Vancouver’s property to foreign buyers

22 Feb 2017 - 12:44pm

True Leaf Medicine CEO Darcy Bomford

Companies

BC marijuana company to distribute pet products in New Zealand

21 Feb 2017 - 11:18am

The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver reached an all-time high in February. Photo: Shutterstock

International

Average Vancouver one-bedroom rent reaches record high

17 Feb 2017 - 1:55pm

Home sales fell in Vancouver in January. Photo: Rob Kruyt/BIV

International

BC home sales settle back to historic averages

16 Feb 2017 - 1:50pm

TIO Networks CEO Hamed Shahbazi

Enterprises

PayPal acquires Vancouver company for US$232 million

15 Feb 2017 - 1:20pm

Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, according to the 2016 Census. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada

9 Feb 2017 - 1:42pm

Photo: Shutterstock

Innovation

BC, Canada investing in zero-emission vehicle programme

7 Feb 2017 - 12:23pm 1

Sales of homes in Vancouver last month were 10 per cent below the 10-year average across the region. Photo: Shutterstock

International

Vancouver home sales 10 per cent below average in January

3 Feb 2017 - 11:22am

Photo: Insights West

United States & Canada

BC residents less concerned about their finances than last year

2 Feb 2017 - 12:46pm

The percentage of Canadians who subscribe to Netflix grew to 44 per cent in 2016, up from 41 per cent the year before. Photo: Gil C/Shutterstock

Science & Research

A third of Canadian Netflix subscribers share their accounts

1 Feb 2017 - 2:26pm

Photo: Dan Toulgoet/BIV

International

B.C. government to lift foreign-buyer tax for those with work permits

31 Jan 2017 - 10:53am

Photo: http://www.mobydickrestaurant.com/

United States & Canada

‘Moby Dick’ deemed offensive as a restaurant name

25 Jan 2017 - 12:44pm 1

General Fusion founder Michel Laberge with the company’s mini-sphere compression system prototype. Laberge earned a plasma physics degree at UBC, which no longer has a plasma physics program. Photo: Rob Kruyt/BIV

Innovation

Could Canadian fusion power be in play by 2030?

24 Jan 2017 - 5:14pm 1

A view of the City of Burnaby as seen from Burnaby Mountain. Young residents across the Lower Mainland say they would prefer to leave the province altogether if they can't live in the region. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Most young Vancouverites would rather leave BC

24 Jan 2017 - 11:30am

Richmond astrologer and fortune teller Sherman Tai with coins and turtle shell; the coins are shaken inside the shell, then rolled onto a table like dice to start the forecasting process. Photo: Rob Kruyt

United States & Canada

Lunar New Year bright for metals, oil, BC Canada Liberals

23 Jan 2017 - 11:20am

This rendering shows some real trees that would be growing in a glassed-in part of the future international terminal at Vancouver International Airport. Photo: YVR

United States & Canada

Vancouver airport reveals US$4.2 billion expansion plan

19 Jan 2017 - 12:34pm

Snaptech Marketing co-founder Flavio Marquez cautions that any advertising that relies on algorithms can be hacked. Photo: Rob Kruyt/BIV

Enterprises

Hacking highlights risks for digital advertisers

18 Jan 2017 - 11:46am

Houses in North Vancouver. Home sales across British Columbia hit record levels in 2016. Photo: Shutterstock

International

BC has record year for home sales in 2016

17 Jan 2017 - 2:58pm

Ashleigh DeMerit uses the new CIBC ATM atop Whistler Mountain. DeMerit won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in ski cross when she was known as Ashleigh McIvor. She has since married former Vancouver Whitecap Jay DeMerit. Photo: CIBC

United States & Canada

CIBC opens Canada’s first ski-thru ATM at Whistler

13 Jan 2017 - 11:16am

Left to right: Stanley Li, Michael Jover, Marla Dranfield and Osama Khan discuss a project at Progressa’s Vancouver offices. Photo: Chung Chow/BIV

E-Commerce

Upstart Vancouver eyes Toronto’s fintech crown

12 Jan 2017 - 12:05pm

Across Canada, starts increased to 207,000 annualised units in December, compared with 170,900 units in December 2015. Photo: Shutterstock

International

BC’s 2016 housing starts hit highest level in decades

11 Jan 2017 - 2:10pm

John Furlong was CEO of the 2010 Olympics organising committee.

United States & Canada

UBC reinstates John Furlong as keynote speaker

10 Jan 2017 - 11:31am

Anandia Labs co-founder Jonathan Page agreed to sell 20% of his company to CannaRoyalty because he likes CannaRoyalty's expertise in extraction and post-processing. Photo: Chung Chow

Investment Products

Cannabis firm acquires stake in Vancouver biotech

10 Jan 2017 - 11:31am

Demand for electricity reached a record level January 3. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

BC power consumption hits record high

5 Jan 2017 - 11:14am

Loop Energy CEO Ben Nyland with his company’s new hydrogen fuel cell at the Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation at UBC. Photo: Rob Kruyt

Start-ups

Kick-starting the drive for ‘hydrogen fuel cell 2.0’

3 Jan 2017 - 4:29pm

Vancouver drivers can use PayByPhone's smartphone app to pay for parking in the city. The local tech company has been acquired by German auto giant Volkswagen. Photo: Tyler Orton

United States & Canada

Volkswagen acquires Vancouver’s PayByPhone

29 Dec 2016 - 4:23pm

All Canadians—including those living in rural and remote areas—will soon have access to an unlimited data option for Internet services. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

Broadband internet now a basic service in Canada

23 Dec 2016 - 2:24pm 1

A small house in Vancouver. Could home affordability in the city be at a turning point? Photo: Shutterstock

International

Vancouver home affordability hits record low

22 Dec 2016 - 11:44am

A seven-fold increase in oil tanker traffic puts killer whales at risk, according to the legal challenge. Photo: Kinder Morgan

United States & Canada

Canadian green groups launch legal challenge to block pipeline

21 Dec 2016 - 11:12am

A Hanjin ship in Oakland, California, in February 2016. Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.com

United States & Canada

British Columbia send holiday care packages for crew aboard Hanjin

16 Dec 2016 - 12:54pm

The B.C. wine industry has been moving toward a system where the Okanagan Valley would have official subregions that can appear on wine labels. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

British Columbia wine labelling regulations changed

9 Dec 2016 - 1:26pm

Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Vancouver housing starts rebound in November

9 Dec 2016 - 12:58pm

Equity crowd funding startup FrondFundr CEO Peter-Paul Van Hoeken (centre) is flanked by his team (from left) Jill Earthy, Sean Burke and Imraj Pasricha. Photo: Rob Kruyt

United States & Canada

British Columbian startup pioneering bank ownership

7 Dec 2016 - 12:51pm 1

Tour guide Liqun Wan (left) points out the mix of European and Chinese motifs in a gold animatronic clock during the opening of Poly Culture Gallery in downtown Vancouver. Photo: Chung Chow

United States & Canada

Poly Culture rolls into British Columbia

7 Dec 2016 - 12:42pm

Photo: Business in Vancouver

United States & Canada

Richmond Canada petitions against birth tourism

6 Dec 2016 - 5:02pm

Photo: Business in Vancouver

United States & Canada

Canada’s British Columbia Liberal MLAs disclose income sources

5 Dec 2016 - 5:45pm

Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

British Columbia rental plan needs buy-in

2 Dec 2016 - 11:29am