Business

Independent power producers, a climate scientist and an advocate for aboriginal development urged the B.C. government Wednesday to stick with B.C.'s plan to become self-sufficient in clean energy.

National trucking week ends this Sunday so thank a trucker the next time you pick something off the store shelf because just about every product we use or consume arrives by truck from i-phones to bread, whether it was manufactured overseas or produced here in British Columbia, these products make their way to our homes through B.C. trucks.

Philip Hochstein, President of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., called today’s referendum results a disappointment for the province and the construction industry.

In the wake of the HST referendum, housing contractors hope B.C. consumers won't wait 18 months to spend on renovations and new homes.

The B.C. Film Commission and its regional agencies are building up their library of film locations in an effort to maintain B.C.'s $1 billion film and television industry.

Black Press, B.C.’s largest publisher of community newspapers and websites, and publisher of The Free Press, has announced the purchase of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Don Kendall.

The B.C. government has started engineering work to widen sections of the main route from Alberta into northeast B.C., the first step to a four-lane industrial route from the provincial border to Fort St. John.

Black Press, British Columbia's largest publisher of community newspapers and websites, has announced the purchase of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Don Kendall.

Martin and Marliyn Brock opened the business on Second Avenue in Fernie eight years ago after deciding they wanted to work for themselves.

B.C. cities and towns still charge businesses almost three times the residential rate on average, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.