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Small business gets a voice

On the heels of a survey that reveals only 36 per cent of Canadian small businesses feel more confident about their business prospects in the next six months, Richmond-based Sage, an integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems provider, has la
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Richmond breast cancer researcher defends her work

Richmond breast cancer researcher defends her work

A Richmond cancer researcher, whose company is up for a Small Business BC Award next month, is defending work conducted in her lab amid claims some research was tainted.
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Solar power gives space voyage some thrust

Solar power gives space voyage some thrust

A subsidiary of Richmond high-tech firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) is helping power a space exploration mission that is worthy of a big budget, Hollywood sci-fi movie script.
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Hybrid ferry cuts carbon emissions

Hybrid ferry cuts carbon emissions

BC Ferries’ new, hybrid ferry docked at its Richmond facility on Wednesday, following a close to two-month cruise from Poland. The Salish Orca, which can carry 145 vehicles and 600 passengers, runs on both natural gas and diesel fuels.
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Mayor to make annual address

Mayor to make annual address

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie will deliver his Annual Address on Thursday, Jan. 26 at a luncheon hosted by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel (7551 Westminster Hwy.).
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‘Murder’ can be good for business at Steveston Seafood House

‘Murder’ can be good for business at Steveston Seafood House

Running a busy restaurant can be murder. And for one of the city’s oldest establishments, it will literally be just that on Jan. 28 when the Steveston Seafood House stages another one of its murder mystery shows and dinner.
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First Fatburger opens in Richmond

Richmond got another fast food burger option when the first Fatburger location in the city opened for business Monday at Central at Garden City, the new shopping centre anchored by a Walmart Supercentre at Alderbridge Way and Garden City Road.
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YVR celebrates new China link

YVR celebrates new China link

YVR celebrated another new air link with China Wednesday (Dec. 20) as China Eastern began non-stop service using an Airbus A330-200 to Nanjing, China.
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From the Kitchen to the Boardroom: Serving up a taste of Paris

From the Kitchen to the Boardroom: Serving up a taste of Paris

If a taste can transport you to a different place, and if that place is the streets of Paris, then Franck Point has accomplished his goal.
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Bid to beat cancer gets personal at Richmond firm

Bid to beat cancer gets personal at Richmond firm

Growing up in a small, Ohio town, Dr. Sandra Dunn didn’t just one day wake up and decide she wanted to be a molecular biologist. True, she was so keen at learning about science that her grandparents suggested she go to medical school.
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