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Club16 takes over two former Steve Nash Fitness locations
Club16 plans to open new locations in Brentwood and Richmond later this year
Net income down for B.C.’s biggest public companies
Average profit for top 100 drops 50% in 2019 compared with 2018
West Van businessman guilty of tax offences connected to home construction
A wealthy West Vancouver businessman has been found guilty of three tax offences under the Excise Tax Act for claiming GST rebates he wasn’t entitled to related to construction of a $6-million...
Insider trading: July 6, 2020
The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended July 2. The information comes from a...
B.C. business confidence remains subdued
Small-business confidence in B.C. remained tepid, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB) Business Barometer reading for June. The index in B.C. edged higher by 0.9...
B.C. reports no new deaths; end of outbreak at Langley Lodge
Three seniors' homes still have outbreaks: Holy Family Hospital, Maple Hill and Tabor
Feds announce go-ahead of funding for 92 B.C. infrastructure projects
$150m in funding for projects is first step of resumption of “Investing in Canada” plan
Trudeau undecided on U.S., Mexico summit next week to talk aluminum tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not made up his mind on whether or not he will agree to a trilateral summit with the United States and Mexico next week, as proposed by Washington. Trudeau...
Legal battle lines drawn in Meng extradition case
The court battle over the potential extradition to the United States of Meng Wanzhou – now slated to extend into next spring – will be fought over three main points that the defence claims are an...