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Burnaby-based food-delivery platform Fantuan buys Chowbus' delivery business

Burnaby-based food-delivery platform Fantuan buys Chowbus' delivery business

Chowbus plans to focus on its point-of-sale technology for restaurants
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Judge tosses suspended B.C. lawyer's 'vexatious' claim, issues penalty

Judge tosses suspended B.C. lawyer's 'vexatious' claim, issues penalty

Lawyer Naomi Arbabi ordered to pay neighbour Colleen McLelland an award of special costs after failed pseudo-legal litigation over a privacy screen.
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U.S. company’s gold claims on B.C. project ‘unsubstantiated’

U.S. company’s gold claims on B.C. project ‘unsubstantiated’

B.C. Securities Commission warns that Teton Collective’s reports did not contain supporting evidence and were authored by a unqualified person
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Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, signals shift toward rate cut talks

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, signals shift toward rate cut talks

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is turning its attention to when it may be able to start cutting interest rates, governor Tiff Macklem said Wednesday as he announced the central bank's decision to hold its key rate at five per cent.
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Why Northland Properties’ business empire is one of B.C.’s biggest

Why Northland Properties’ business empire is one of B.C.’s biggest

Recent Garibaldi at Squamish receivership case unlikely to cause much strife for successful, diversified Gaglardi family
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Rob Shaw: All eyes on Robinson as B.C. schools vie for international students

Rob Shaw: All eyes on Robinson as B.C. schools vie for international students

New cap on international students has post-secondary institutes eager to tap as many seats as possible from the minister
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Data points: B.C. goods exports finally grow as construction intentions cool

Data points: B.C. goods exports finally grow as construction intentions cool

B.C. merchandise exports returned to positive territory for the first time since January 2023
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Vancouver's only zero-carbon fire hall viewed as 'underutilized asset'

Vancouver's only zero-carbon fire hall viewed as 'underutilized asset'

Chair of mayor's budget task force identifies No. 17 fire hall, Hastings Park as city properties not maximizing value.
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Metro Vancouver examining officials’ devices amid North Shore sewage plant legal battle

Metro Vancouver examining officials’ devices amid North Shore sewage plant legal battle

Spokesperson says accessing documents and records a routine part of litigation
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LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

The MV Isabelle once plied the waters of the Baltic Sea as a ‘cruise ferry,’ and more recently housed 1,500 Ukrainian refugees.
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