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Ritchie Bros. completes contentious acquisition of IAA Inc.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. announced it has closed its acquisition of U.S. firm IAA Inc. after a contentious few months that saw shareholders divided over the deal. Shareholders of the...

Burnaby Board of Trade issues wish-list for federal budget

B.C. businesses hope to see budget measures to deal with labour shortages

YVR ranks as best airport in Canada, second in North America: Skytrax

Airport had ranked No. 1 in North America for 12 straight years up until 2022

Ten Vancouver-based companies receive $25.7M to expand to global markets

The federal funding aims to help leading B.C. businesses accelerate their growth and compete globally

Canadian Soccer Association’s top executive testifies to House of Commons committee

The general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) said the organization is not only working to solve a pay dispute with women’s national team players, but is backtracking on program cuts...

Amazon layoffs raising spectre of added empty Vancouver sublease space

Downtown Vancouver has a 30-year-high amount of empty sublease office space

Nexus trusted-traveller program to fully resume by April 24 after yearlong standoff

The federal government says the Nexus trusted-traveller program will fully ramp back up within five weeks, allowing frequent border crossers to complete their applications and speed up their...

Nordstrom Canada to begin liquidation Tuesday after receiving court's permission

Nordstrom expects all its Canadian stores to close by late June, while 2,500 workers will lose their jobs

Lawsuit of the Week: Ballet BC sues insurer over cancelled performances during COVID-19

The society claims insurer must cover losses resulting from cancellations

How air passenger complaints ballooned to 42,000-plus

Ballooning backlog means each case now needs more than a year and a half to handle

Amazon to lay off 9,000 employees on top of 18,000 in January

Amazon employed about 10,000 workers in B.C. as of last year

Rob Shaw: B.C. has 11 days left to spend all of its unprecedented surplus. It likely can't

The B.C. government has embarked on an unprecedented spending spree over the past four months, shovelling billions of dollars of an unexpectedly large budget surplus out the door to community groups,...