Glen Korstrom
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Vancouver, WA, United States
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Destination BC reveals new corporate strategy
The Crown corporation that promotes B.C. as a tourism destination today revealed its new corporate strategy. Destination British Columbia executives told industry in a Zoom call key prongs in their blueprint to attract the world and stimulate the province's economy. → Read More
WestJet announces new Vancouver routes
WestJet today announced a summer schedule that includes new routes out of Vancouver: to Atlanta, and to Nashville. → Read More
Dine Out Vancouver’s business bump helps wary restaurant owners
Festival comes as hospitality sector weathers warnings of business slowdown, credit risks → Read More
Recent travel chaos shakes B.C. travellers' confidence: survey
Eighty-four per cent of British Columbians say they fear flight delays, lost bags → Read More
McArthurGlen's Vancouver outlet mall to expand
Revenues surpassing those in 2019 as new stores set to open → Read More
Gasoline prices fuel Canadian retail sales
Sales for automotive and household fuels jumped 23.8 per cent year-over-year in November → Read More
Nike sues Lululemon over alleged footwear patent infringement
Multiple media outlets are reporting that global sportswear giant Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) is again suing Vancouver-based leisurewear retailer Lululemon (Nasdaq:LULU) for alleged patent infringements. → Read More
November international travel to Canada below 2019 level
Travellers who have experienced recent delays and long line-ups at airports might think travel has returned to where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic but new Statistics Canada data show this is not yet the case. → Read More
Chorus calls for Canadian regulator to get tough with airlines
Airline passengers, aviation-sector advocates and politicians are calling for Canada’s transportation regulator to get tougher with airlines that regularly flout laws. → Read More
B.C. grape shortage hurts custom-crush wine business
The once flourishing custom-crush winemaking niche in B.C. is getting squeezed. → Read More
Air Canada to expand Vancouver cargo hub
Canada's largest airline is set to rebuild its cargo facility at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to increase capacity. → Read More
B.C. legal cannabis sales jump 13.8 per cent in October
B.C.'s legal cannabis sales have risen on a year-over-year basis each month for years, thanks to new stores opening, a wider range of products offered and successful provincial efforts at combatting black-market sales. → Read More
B.C. retail-sales growth underperforms rest of Canada
British Columbian retail-sales growth underperformed the rest of Canada in October in both month-over-month and year-over-year calculations, according to Statistics Canada. → Read More
Tiff Macklem's interest-rate fight against Canadian inflation is not yet over
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem's attempts to wrangle runaway inflation by hiking interest rates was the 2022 business story that most affected Canadians’ finances. → Read More
B.C. surgery volumes exceed pre-pandemic level
B.C. is chipping away at its long waiting list for surgical care by completing more daily surgeries than it did pre-pandemic, according to a new report. → Read More
Canada's possession limit for legal cannabis drinks jumps 860 per cent
Canada today confirmed changes to cannabis regulations that included increasing the number of 355-millilitre cans of cannabis-laced drinks that consumers can buy: to 48, from five. The change officially took effect Dec. 2, Health Canada said today. → Read More
B.C.'s COVID-19 ICU patient count hits six-month high
New B.C. government data show more patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) with COVID-19 than any other time in the past six months: 38. Back on June 2, the province counted 41 such patients. → Read More
Inflation raises consumer misgivings over B.C. retailer profits
With inflation soaring, many consumers are wondering which companies in products’ supply chains are padding bottom lines with excess profit. → Read More
Snow causes dozens of cancelled flights at YVR
Airlines combined to cancel dozens of flights at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) today as snow started falling this morning and sticking to the ground this afternoon. WestJet, Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Airlines and Delta Air Lines all cancelled flights with many if not all related to weather. → Read More
Best Buy Canada hits parent with currency headwind
Vancouver-based Best Buy Canada’s operations are helping bolster its Minnesota-based parent Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY), according to the company’s earnings report today. → Read More