Business in Vancouver (BIV)

For Kelowna business owner Jenn Zelmer, the new U.S. tariffs are threatening the small business she has spent more than eight years building. Zelmer is the owner of Birch Bar & Co., a laser-cutting and engraving business that creates personalized items for weddings, parties, events and holidays. About 90 per cent of her customers are in the U.S., making the new 50 per cent tariffs especially difficult for her business.

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OTTAWA — Canada-U.S Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the United States has confirmed that Canada's protections of language and culture won’t be the subject of future trade actions.

Prince Rupert is accustomed to cloudy forecasts. But beyond the clouds a different forecast is emerging, as Prince Rupert is becoming one of the brightest spots in Western Canada. Major investments by Ray-Mont Logistics, IntermodeX (an SSA Marine enterprise), CN, Trigon Pacific Terminals and a partnership between AltaGas and Vopak, tell the story.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down nearly 100 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the financial sector, while U.S. stock markets traded higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 95.09 points at 36,718.56. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 230.87 points at 53,694.75. The S&P 500 index was up 50.99 points at 7,726.69, while the Nasdaq composite was up 343.55 points at 26,473.75.

The cavalcade of defections from the Conservative Party of B.C. continued Wednesday. In the morning, Richmond MLA Teresa Wat quit the caucus over a rancorous personal insult delivered by party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay.

The federal Liberal party’s 2021 policy platform included seven different proposals to reform the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). A document outlining some of these priorities was released to the public in March 2025, just a few weeks before the election that secured Mark Carney’s position as prime minister. Canada is not going through the intricacies that law enforcement agencies in the United States are facing.

A B.C. judge has ruled pre-sale agreements for 39 condominium units in a Burnaby high-rise cannot be enforced by the courts after the developer failed to disclose material facts to buyers. The ruling, handed down by the B.C. Supreme Court Aug. 25, applies to about $30.5 million in purchase contracts connected to the 34-storey Lumina Eclipse residential condo tower at 2381 Beta Avenue in Burnaby’s Brentwood neighbourhood. In his decision, Justice David M.

VANCOUVER — A leader in British Columbia's forestry sector is voicing support for Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States despite reported concessions on lumber tariffs in a scuttled deal. Kim Haakstad, president of the BC Council of Forest Industries, says the breakdown of talks will create challenges for her sector, but Ottawa had to walk away if negotiators couldn't secure a deal that worked for Canadians broadly.

The City of Vancouver announced Wednesday that the nomination period for mayor, city councillors, park board commissioners and school trustees opens Sept. 1 and closes Sept. 11. The municipal election is Oct. 17 and there are 27 positions open—one mayor, 10 city councillors, seven park board commissioners and nine school trustees. The term runs from 2026 to 2030.