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Rheinlander Band Oompah Band performs at Meadow Ridge Rotary's Oktoberfest celebration.
Vancouver's HootSuite hiring for 100 positions; Open house on Oct. 8

Vancouver's HootSuite hiring for 100 positions; Open house on Oct. 8

The Tweet-infested social media company is holding a #HootHire open house on Tuesday at its headquarter's on 8th Avenue.
Natural beauty and gorgeous homes at Canyon Springs

Natural beauty and gorgeous homes at Canyon Springs

Polygon brings Canyon Springs to North Vancouver, a new collection of apartment residences.
London Drugs to host Compass card machines around Lower Mainland

London Drugs to host Compass card machines around Lower Mainland

Partnership with TransLink gives users more places to buy transit smart cards, with 18 new machines installed in Surrey, Vancouver areas.
Report: Digital, social media platforms contribute $7.3 billion to Canadian economy

Report: Digital, social media platforms contribute $7.3 billion to Canadian economy

Online platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Netflix are quickly becoming a major economic industry, a report finds.
Provinces press for training changes

Provinces press for training changes

Ottawa's new Canada Job Grant would leave lower-skilled workers and many small businesses behind, provincial employment ministers agree
Sold: BlackBerry agrees to $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax Holdings

Sold: BlackBerry agrees to $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax Holdings

The deal - for $9 a share - would privatize the Canadian smartphone maker. A 'due diligence' period expires on November 4.
B.C. eyes provincial truce on movie subsidies

B.C. eyes provincial truce on movie subsidies

Cost of film tax credits nearing $400m per year, Finance Minister Mike de Jong says
Twitter files for IPO; Revenues to top $500 million in 2013

Twitter files for IPO; Revenues to top $500 million in 2013

The long-awaited IPO has come to fruition, the social media company announced on Thursday via – you guessed it – its own Twitter account.
B.C. unions pledge skills partnership

B.C. unions pledge skills partnership

Construction unions accept olive branch from Clark over their role in skills training and apprenticeships