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Owner of Fresh Street Market, IGA Marketplace gets new leadership

The large B.C. grocery chain Georgia Main Food Group, which owns the Fresh Street Market and IGA Marketplace banners, is newly without a president.  Gary...

Reliance announces plan to convert Vancouver office building to hotel

Vancouver's Reliance Properties and Montreal's Germain Hotels have launched Vancouver's latest hotel proposal – one that would see a 12-storey office building at 1111 West Hastings Street...

Why tariff-related price hikes on U.S. wine could take a while

Canadian tariffs on U.S. wine will sting Canadian consumers who buy those products but anticipated price hikes will take a while to be in place...

SFU’s $80M supercomputer upgrade set to boost Canadian business

An $80 million upgrade to Canada’s largest supercomputer is set to help businesses that partner with academics to create products or improve technology.  Component parts...

Yuri Fulmer and family donate $2M to Capilano University

Capilano University's future centre for childhood studies is set to carry the Fulmer name after that family provided a $2 million gift.  Named the Fulmer Family Centre for...

Fast-growing Variational AI raises US$5.5M to bring technology to market

Vancouver-based Variational AI has raised US$5.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round and plans to double its nine-employee staff count, CEO Handol Kim told BIV...

Anthony von Mandl venture buying Central City Brewing

B.C. booze baron Anthony von Mandl is scooping up Surrey-based Central City Brewers & Distillers Ltd. out of creditor protection, bettering eight other potential buyers with a bid value...

Clio donates $3M to UBC Sauder’s Powerhouse Project

Burnaby-based legal-technology developer Clio announced Thursday that it is giving $3 million to the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Sauder School of Business to help the...

Travel to B.C. rises while visits from Mexicans plummet

New data show the number of visitors to B.C. rising despite a steep drop in the number of Mexican visitors.  The province was the entry...

U.S. pushback on DEI policies yet to grip B.C. business

Many large U.S. companies are dropping or altering their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies following a shift in public sentiment, particularly among conservative customers,...

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