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Jogas takes eight business magazine awards

Jogas takes eight business magazine awards

Jogas Espresso Café has taken home eight awards for Kootenay Business Magazine’s Best Places to Eat and Drink.
B.C. film fund to pitch locations

B.C. film fund to pitch locations

The B.C. Film Commission and its regional agencies are building up their library of film locations in an effort to maintain B.C.'s $1 billion film and television industry.
BUSINESS BEAT: Taking personal training into the computer age

BUSINESS BEAT: Taking personal training into the computer age

A women-only fitness facility in Grand Forks has the CurveSmart program, which is essentially a computerized personal trainer.
B.C.-Alberta road link to expand

B.C.-Alberta road link to expand

The B.C. government has started engineering work to widen sections of the main route from Alberta into northeast B.C., the first step to a four-lane industrial route from the provincial border to Fort St. John.

Black Press buys Cranbrook, Kimberley dailies

Black Press, British Columbia's largest publisher of community newspapers and websites, has announced the purchase of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Don Kendall.
Municipalities defend business tax rates

Municipalities defend business tax rates

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

Falcon urges business to sell HST

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says there are still many people making up their minds about the harmonized sales tax.
BUSINESS BEAT: The optician's apprentice

BUSINESS BEAT: The optician's apprentice

Tom Gooderham has owned a few businesses in his time and while he has sold them, he’s never really been happy with the way they’ve been run afterwards.
Target takes aim at 15 B.C. Zellers stores

Target takes aim at 15 B.C. Zellers stores

Major renos planned before U.S. retailer arrives in 2013
BUSINESS BEAT: A good day for a doughnut

BUSINESS BEAT: A good day for a doughnut