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Aircraft taking off at Bellingham Airport. Half of B.C. Lower Mainland air travellers report driving across the border to fly out of U.S. airports.

Half of Lower Mainland air travellers fly out of U.S., poll finds

Trend growing to drive across border to catch cheaper flights

Aircraft taking off at Bellingham Airport. Half of B.C. Lower Mainland air travellers report driving across the border to fly out of U.S. airports.
Lisa Hsieh reviews analysis worksheets at B.C. Biomedical's headquarters in Surrey.

Feds won’t block merger of medical test firms

LifeLabs purchase of BC Biomedical no competition concern

Lisa Hsieh reviews analysis worksheets at B.C. Biomedical's headquarters in Surrey.
There's growing anxiety among truckers who haul cargo to the U.S. over impending layoffs of American border inspection staff.

Pre-inspection of U.S.-bound trucks to cut border waits

Truckers doubt much time to be gained through advance clearance, wary of U.S. cuts

There's growing anxiety among truckers who haul cargo to the U.S. over impending layoffs of American border inspection staff.
Vehicles line up beside the Peace Arch to cross the border into the U.S.

Poll shows prices main focus of cross-border shoppers

Majority of Lower Mainland residents drive to U.S. regularly

Vehicles line up beside the Peace Arch to cross the border into the U.S.

And the nominees for excellence are…

Hundreds of votes poured in for Agassiz Harrison Business Excellence Awards

Prepayment an option at Village

Harrison Hot Springs extends prepayment availability to utilities

Map of Northern Gateway pipeline route.

Pipeline poll shows most against Northern Gateway

Public opinion crystallizing against Enbrdge project, survey finds

Map of Northern Gateway pipeline route.
Technology related jobs will outstrip B.C.'s ability to train the needed workers in the years ahead

B.C. must do more to prepare for tech job surge: report

Universities warn of broader skills shortage by 2016, not just in trades

Technology related jobs will outstrip B.C.'s ability to train the needed workers in the years ahead
Federal Heritage Minister James Moore speaks to reporters at a meeting of the Surrey Board of Trade Friday.

Focus on moderate middle in raucus pipeline debate: Moore

Federal minister says 'extreme' voices shouldn't dominate as B.C. mulls oil exports

Federal Heritage Minister James Moore speaks to reporters at a meeting of the Surrey Board of Trade Friday.
Map shows Walk Score with the highest rankings in Metro Vancouver include Vancouver

Vancouver tops walkability ranks

Other most walkable cities in region include North Vancouver, White Rock and New Westminster

Map shows Walk Score with the highest rankings in Metro Vancouver include Vancouver
Port Mann Bridge: The first batch of invoices or statements are now going out but many users won't have to pay anything yet.

First Port Mann Bridge toll bills in the mail

Most registered bridge users won't owe anything yet thanks to credit

Port Mann Bridge: The first batch of invoices or statements are now going out but many users won't have to pay anything yet.

Home price study finds Metro Vancouver ‘severely unaffordable’

Survey found Vancouver's 'grossly overvalued market' moderated slightly from 2012

Basia Ruta is the newly appointed Auditor General for Local Government

New auditor for cities sets up shop in Surrey

Basia Ruta's office will scrutinize civic spending

Basia Ruta is the newly appointed Auditor General for Local Government
Lisa Hsieh reviews analysis worksheets at BC Biomedical Laboratories' complex in Surrey.

B.C. questions medical test firm takeover

Higher fees, less patient access among concerns raised by health minister

Lisa Hsieh reviews analysis worksheets at BC Biomedical Laboratories' complex in Surrey.
Frank of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory presents Marcel of Silver Leaf Gifts with the New Business Award at the 2011 Business Excellence Awards.

Agassiz Harrison Business Excellence Awards nomination deadline draws near

Music artist Todd Richard to perform at Excellence Awards dinner in February

Frank of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory presents Marcel of Silver Leaf Gifts with the New Business Award at the 2011 Business Excellence Awards.
Real estate prices sagged slightly in most of Metro Vancouver in 2012.

Metro real estate market to pick up steam in late 2013

End in sight for 'mild' housing market correction, economist predicts

Real estate prices sagged slightly in most of Metro Vancouver in 2012.
Many pharmacy customers go to Safeway or Shopper's Drug Mart to collect points through loyalty programs. But the college of pharmacists wants to ban the offerings as inducements that could harm patients.

Pharmacy loyalty program ban riles point collectors

Dec. 28 deadline for comments on change proposed by College of Pharmacists of B.C.

Many pharmacy customers go to Safeway or Shopper's Drug Mart to collect points through loyalty programs. But the college of pharmacists wants to ban the offerings as inducements that could harm patients.

Civic spending ‘diet’ hailed by business group

Rapid growth in municipal costs in 2000s has slowed

Real estate sales down in Lower Mainland

Real estate sales down in Lower Mainland

Prices edge down in Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley, since property market's peak in May

Real estate sales down in Lower Mainland
A woman looks at a wireworm at an open house at PARC Agassiz.

Science jobs abound at Pacific Agricultural Research Centre in Agassiz

Opportunities run the gamut from machine operation to delving into leading research

A woman looks at a wireworm at an open house at PARC Agassiz.