A small plane has crashed near Gilbert and Russ Baker way near the airport. The plane may have had as many as eight people on board. Fire and ambulance crews are on scene. The airport says the plane involved was a Northern Thunderbird Air Beech King Air 100, flight 204 bound for Kelowna, but that returned to YVR.The crash occured on … [Read more...]
Small business to plug on without HST
August 26, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Simon Coutts has sold 200 fewer bicycles in the past year since British Columbia unceremoniously rolled in the harmonized sales tax.Everything from helmets to safety equipment in his downtown Vancouver shop jumped in price with the addition of the seven per cent provincial tax, because cycling gear had previously had a rare … [Read more...]
