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Statistics Canada reports December retail sales up 2.5 per cent at $69.6B

Statistics Canada reports December retail sales up 2.5 per cent at $69.6B

TORONTO — Canadian retail sales surged higher at the end of last year to post their largest monthly increase since May 2022, but Statistics Canada says its early estimate for January pointed to a pullback to start 2025.
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Calls for health warnings on B.C. alcohol face pushback

Calls for health warnings on B.C. alcohol face pushback

UVIC professor says requiring producers to put health warnings on labels would be most efficient
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Risk of tariff war fuels push for can manufacturing in B.C.

Risk of tariff war fuels push for can manufacturing in B.C.

Making aluminum cans in B.C. would lower prices for that packaging for brewers and other drink manufacturers
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Anthony von Mandl venture buying Central City Brewing

Anthony von Mandl venture buying Central City Brewing

Von Mandl's Mark Anthony Group won court approval to buy the brewery out of creditor protection in a sale set to close Feb. 28
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From Ghana to B.C.: How climate change is making chocolate more expensive

From Ghana to B.C.: How climate change is making chocolate more expensive

A spike in global cacao prices made worse by climate change is putting pressure on B.C. chocolate companies and the farmers they rely on
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Statistics Canada reports December manufacturing sales up 0.3 per cent

Statistics Canada reports December manufacturing sales up 0.3 per cent

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose for a third straight month as they increased 0.3 per cent to $71.4 billion in December.
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B.C.'s $50M lithium refinery aims to break China’s grip

B.C.'s $50M lithium refinery aims to break China’s grip

Construction on Mangrove Lithium facility in Delta to begin soon
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Why Aritzia founder Brian Hill is selling shares

Why Aritzia founder Brian Hill is selling shares

Hill maintains a 17.3-per-cent stake in the company he founded in 1984 with a store at Oakridge Centre
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Packaged goods entrepreneurs network to 'rise up' and face U.S. protectionism

Packaged goods entrepreneurs network to 'rise up' and face U.S. protectionism

HALIFAX — Vancouver businesswoman Karen Danudjaja put out a casual social media call on Monday for a “roundtable” on how entrepreneurs could survive the potential hit of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs.
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New wage structure not hurting DoorDash drivers' job satisfaction

New wage structure not hurting DoorDash drivers' job satisfaction

B.C. DoorDash drivers reported saying their job enhanced their sense of financial security more than did those drivers in the rest of Canada
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