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Vintage photos

Vancouver's beach scene

Enjoying the sunshine, the ocean view and taking a bracing plunge in the sea has always been a popular summer pastime in Vancouver, as seen in these vintage photos courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library archives and the City of Vancouver Archives.

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Mass shooting in Seattle

A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, killing one person.

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Vancouver artist gets surprise replacement for his shipwrecked camera (with video)

Vancouver company ResponseTek taps into what customers really think (with podcast)

Tour brings tech of the Irish to Vancouver

BC Supreme Court gives go ahead to class action lawsuit against Facebook

Bell fibre optic tops Netflix speed test, Rogers comes in last

Mother’s Day Tech Gift Guide: 10 Gifts for Mom

Google Play Music, all-you-can-listen-to music streaming comes to Canada

Work In Progress Explainer: Do kids these days really have it harder?

Work In Progress: Dignity and the hiring process

Work In Progress: quality of jobs, not workers, at core of flawed foreign worker program

Commercial real estate

Frustrated with the difficulty of finding suitable tenants, UBC graduate Bill MacEwen founded SpaceList, now Canada’s largest database of commercial real estate listings.

SpaceList gives tenants, landlords new lease on life

About nine years ago Bill MacEwen, then a 25-year-old graduate from UBC, was trying to find an office space for a business idea he called WorkSpace. Finding a space for the shared work hub was initially a tough task for MacEwen, who is now the 34-year-old founder of SpaceList, a Gastown-based tech company launched in 2012 that posts free commercial real estate listings. It’s like a Craigslist for office space leases and other commercial properties.

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Lost camera

Surprise replacement for Vancouver artist's waterlogged camera (with video)

If the average customer walked into a store and tried to turn in a camera on warranty after it had been sitting on the ocean floor for two years, we&#...

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CMHC to stop insuring mortgages on million-dollar homes, condo construction

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it will no longer offer mortgage insurance for homes that cost $1 million or more, starting July 31, even if the...

B.C. resort promoter hit with $2.6-million penalty, banned for life

The B.C. Securities Commission has hit the promoter of a B.C. ski resort with $2.6 million in fines and banned him for life from the province’s ...

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Obit: George Tidball, who founded Keg Steakhouse restaurants, died at age 83

The descendent of pioneers and war veterans, George Tidball started his career as an accountant, worked for Alcan and then, already the father of three...

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Fairfax buys controlling stake in Keg Restaurants; management remains

Google searches in B.C. for ‘private schools’ have surged since teachers’ strike began

Google searches in B.C. for “private schools” have surged since public-school teachers began their rotating walkouts on May 26, data from ...

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UBC building $40 million aquatic centre

Construction is scheduled to begin in late July on a $40 million Aquatic Centre at the University of B.C. The centre will include a 10-lane Olympic-sized...

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Surrey Punjabi market zoning change gets thumbs up from Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver won’t stand in the way of Surrey’s plans to create a Punjabi market in the heart of Newton. Metro’s regional planning...

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Air Canada's shares hit more than six-year high on analyst upgrades

Shares of Air Canada hit a more than six-year high Friday after industry analysts upgraded their outlook for the country's largest carrier on "fundamental...

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B.C. mining industry climbing out of dark hole

While B.C. miners face an uncertain future, it pales in comparison with the challenges of the global industry, which saw its profits crushed in 2013, ...

How a Vancouver entrepreneur got a crush on olive oil

Michaelanne Buckley oozes passion when it comes to olive oil. Sitting in her shop on West Broadway, the aptly named Vancouver Olive Oil Company, her eyes...

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Unemployment rates in B.C. and Canada rise

Statistics Canada says the number of overall jobs in British Columbia fell slightly last month as the province lost almost 11,000 part-time jobs and gained slightly less full-time jobs compared to the month before.

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Lorraine Logan is almost 70, and will have to start taking out her RRSP money as a RRIF next year -- too soon, she says. Logan, the president of the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C., wants changes to federal rules that place seniors in a difficult position by being forced to withdraw their pensions too fast.

Seniors, financial advisers echo concerns about ‘outdated’ rules mandating RRSP withdrawals

B.C. senior Lorraine Logan, 69, is among those worried that existing federal retirement savings withdrawal rules will force retirees to deplete their pension funds too soon. Her fear is echoed by a national think-tank that called Wednesday for reforms to the “outdated” rules for minimum withdrawals that it says could leave seniors like Logan at risk of outliving their savings.

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Asia-Pacific

Minister of Industry James Moore, left to right, Canadian Fishing Company vice-president of operations Rick Pughe, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of International Trade Ed Fast walk through the company’s warehouse where salmon is canned. The company exports many of its products to South Korea.

Chuck Chiang: Free trade deals easy to reach, but difficult to implement

There was a palpable buzz at the Canada Korea Business Association’s annual meeting in Vancouver late last month. The source of the energy: The announcement earlier this year that Ottawa has reached a Free-Trade Agreement with Seoul. At the May 23 gathering of about 100 private and public sector members and representatives, the consensus was clear: With 88 per cent of the tariffs on Canadian exports slated to be removed immediately upon the FTA’s implementation, there has never been a better time to for Canadians pursue business in South Korea.

Fraser Health

CEO of Fraser Health quits $444,000-a-year job

The head of the Fraser Health Authority has resigned, weeks before a government-ordered review is due to be released. The health authority’s board of directors announced Friday that CEO Dr. Nigel Murray is returning to his birthplace, New Zealand, for family reasons and for a new job.

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Air Canada

Air Canada's shares hit more than six-year high on analyst upgrades

MONTREAL - Shares of Air Canada hit a more than six-year high Friday after industry analysts upgraded their outlook for the country's largest carrier on "fundamental" cost-cutting moves and improving passenger travel demand.

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Lost camera

Paul Burgoyne lost his camera in a shipwreck two years ago and it was recovered by a group of SFU divers. The photographs were still on the memory card and Future Shop brought him a gift with a new waterproof Nikon camera with accessories.

Surprise replacement for Vancouver artist's waterlogged camera (with video)

If the average customer walked into a store and tried to turn in a camera on warranty after it had been sitting on the ocean floor for two years, we’re guessing the answer would be no. But Vancouver artist Paul Burgoyne got lucky this week when Future Shop arrived at his studio to surprise him with a new camera — this one waterproof — to replace the one that sunk with his boat off Vancouver Island two years ago.

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Olive oil

How a Vancouver entrepreneur got a crush on olive oil

Michaelanne Buckley oozes passion when it comes to olive oil. Sitting in her shop on West Broadway, the aptly named Vancouver Olive Oil Company, her eyes light up when extolling the virtues of extra virgin olive oil.

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