Business

Mail is getting back in the mailboxes as post office employees across Canada were legislated back to work last week.

RIO Tinto Alcan reached out to Vancouver industry last Wednesday, not only hunting for contractors for its modernization mega-project but promoting local industry and the northern lifestyle to the south.

The number of passengers using the Northwest Regional Airport has picked up.

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

Community Futures 16/37 hosted an open house to officially open its new premises to the public June 23 and will be offering more services.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says there are still many people making up their minds about the harmonized sales tax.

B.C’s Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell highlighted the B.C. Provincial Nominee Program during a media call last week, a program which has infused millions in the economy, he says.

THE REGIONAL jobless rate fell in May compared to April but only by a slim margin.

The B.C. government is extending its interim forest and range agreements with aboriginal people to include a new 25-year woodland licence for Crown forests.

AS THE referendum on the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) nears, a local group is out to clarify what voting yes or no means for people.