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The B.C. government has started engineering work to widen sections of the main route from Alberta into northeast B.C., the first step to a four-lane industrial route from the provincial border to Fort St. John.

Black Press, British Columbia's largest publisher of community newspapers and websites, has announced the purchase of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman and the Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Don Kendall.

Martin and Marliyn Brock opened the business on Second Avenue in Fernie eight years ago after deciding they wanted to work for themselves.

B.C. cities and towns still charge businesses almost three times the residential rate on average, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says there are still many people making up their minds about the harmonized sales tax.

The B.C. government is extending its interim forest and range agreements with aboriginal people to include a new 25-year woodland licence for Crown forests.

The Elk Valley is the dream location for a physiotherapy practice.

Major renos planned before U.S. retailer arrives in 2013

It might seem like the world is rejecting DVDs and the printed word for Netflix and magazines for iPads and tablets, but the owner of Fernie’s Midge’s Mags and Movies isn’t worried about the threat of new technology.

Relocating to the Creston and District Community Complex has allowed a local physical therapy practice to expand services and improve patient outcomes...