Business

The United Food and Commercial Workers 1518 union announced Sept. 14, 2023 that employees at Safeways in the Lower Mainland to Whistler voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike. Pictured is a Safeway in Burnaby. (Google Maps)

Lower Mainland Safeway workers vote 98% in favour of strike

Strike not immediate as union says there bargaining scheduled Sept. 20 to 29

The United Food and Commercial Workers 1518 union announced Sept. 14, 2023 that employees at Safeways in the Lower Mainland to Whistler voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike. Pictured is a Safeway in Burnaby. (Google Maps)
California-based In-N-Out Burger brings a team of about 15 people and their travelling cook trailer up for this year’s annual appearance at Langley Good Times Cruise-In. It’s the one Canadian car show they bring the trailer up for each year. (Black Press Media files)

CRUISE-IN 2023: In-N-Out team excited to return again to Lower Mainland

U.S. burger giant donates close to $250K to Langley charities by taking part in Cruise-In since 2004

California-based In-N-Out Burger brings a team of about 15 people and their travelling cook trailer up for this year’s annual appearance at Langley Good Times Cruise-In. It’s the one Canadian car show they bring the trailer up for each year. (Black Press Media files)
Chris Rothery of Chester Fields furniture store - Lia Crowe portrait photography

The passion part of the furniture

Chris Rothery of Chester Fields

  • Sep 1, 2023
Chris Rothery of Chester Fields furniture store - Lia Crowe portrait photography
FILE - The logo for 3M appears on a screen above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 24, 2017. 3M, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, has agreed to pay $6 billion to settle numerous lawsuits from U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries from using earplugs made by the company. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

3M agrees to pay $6 billion to settle earplug lawsuits from US service members

Chemical and consumer product manufacturer 3M said Tuesday it has agreed to…

FILE - The logo for 3M appears on a screen above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 24, 2017. 3M, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, has agreed to pay $6 billion to settle numerous lawsuits from U.S. service members who say they experienced hearing loss or other serious injuries from using earplugs made by the company. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Michelle Webber, SONDR founder - portrait by Lia Crowe

Secrets and Lives with Michelle Webber

SONDR founder creates cruelty-free sustainable deodorants

  • Aug 28, 2023
Michelle Webber, SONDR founder - portrait by Lia Crowe
FILE - A Peloton bike sits on Nov. 19, 2019, in San Francisco. Peloton managed to beat sales expectations during its fiscal fourth quarter, but the exercise equipment maker reported a bigger loss than anticipated partly due to recall costs and a shift in consumer spending. Shares plunged more than 27% before the market open on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Peloton 4Q sales top Street, but posts bigger-than-expected loss partly on recall costs

Peloton managed to beat sales expectations during its fiscal fourth quarter, but…

FILE - A Peloton bike sits on Nov. 19, 2019, in San Francisco. Peloton managed to beat sales expectations during its fiscal fourth quarter, but the exercise equipment maker reported a bigger loss than anticipated partly due to recall costs and a shift in consumer spending. Shares plunged more than 27% before the market open on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Diane Dou portrait by Lia Crowe

Strategy. Innovation. Compassion.

Diane Dou is a rising star in the banking world, embracing her role as chief experience officer at BlueShore Financial

  • Aug 23, 2023
Diane Dou portrait by Lia Crowe
A Hullo ferries vessel docked in Nanaimo earlier this summer. The ferries will remain docked until Wednesday, Aug. 16, the company has advised. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry cancels half its scheduled sailings for August

Hullo says it needs to ‘better operationalize,’ new launch date is Aug. 16

A Hullo ferries vessel docked in Nanaimo earlier this summer. The ferries will remain docked until Wednesday, Aug. 16, the company has advised. (News Bulletin file photo)
Chambers of Commerce from Abbotsford, Langley Township/City, Mission, and Chilliwack united to call for expedited Highway 1 expansion as far as Chilliwack on Aug. 8, 2023. (Province of B.C.)

Fraser Valley chambers push for highway widening as far as Chilliwack

‘Congestion grinds traffic to a halt regularly, stopping trade, slowing business,’ says joint release

Chambers of Commerce from Abbotsford, Langley Township/City, Mission, and Chilliwack united to call for expedited Highway 1 expansion as far as Chilliwack on Aug. 8, 2023. (Province of B.C.)
The entrance to a Bed Bath & Beyond store is seen in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Bed Bath Beyond returns as an online retailer

Overstock.com after a purchase of the box store is bringing it back in a online format

The entrance to a Bed Bath & Beyond store is seen in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ford Electric F-150 Lightning Truck (Ford Canada Facebook)

Ford triples electric truck output after a six-week shutdown of a factory

Ford shut down a Dearborn factory to upgrade equipment and increase capacity

Ford Electric F-150 Lightning Truck (Ford Canada Facebook)
Tyler Dyck is CEO of Okanagan Spirits and he’s also the president of the Craft Distillers Guild of BC and the Canadian Craft Distillers Alliance. Nina Dombowsky photo

Capturing the tastes and scents of the valley

Okanagan Spirits — locally made internationally renowned

  • Jul 28, 2023
Tyler Dyck is CEO of Okanagan Spirits and he’s also the president of the Craft Distillers Guild of BC and the Canadian Craft Distillers Alliance. Nina Dombowsky photo
(Black Press Media Creative)

Car buyers bear a heavy burden as Federal Reserve keeps raising rates: Auto-loan rejections are up

The Federal Reserve’s expected move Wednesday to raise interest rates for the…

(Black Press Media Creative)
Michelle Webber of SONDR - Lia Crowe photography

Making clean mainstream

SONDR produces ethical, healthy and effective deodorant

  • Jul 26, 2023
Michelle Webber of SONDR - Lia Crowe photography
FILE - An employee walks past a logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. shown at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to bet on devices with bending screens, a budding market that has yet to fully take off because of high prices. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung unveils foldable smartphones in a bet on bending device screens

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to…

FILE - An employee walks past a logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. shown at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to bet on devices with bending screens, a budding market that has yet to fully take off because of high prices. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
The B.C. government (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

As Twitter fades to X, TikTok steps up with new text-based posts

The same day Elon Musk abruptly dropped Twitter’s name and bird logo…

The B.C. government (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what you need to know

The clock is ticking. As the deadline to reach a new contract…

UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Elon Musk reveals new black and white X logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white “X” logo to…

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Willowbrook Shopping Mall is getting a pop-up Zellers inside The Bay. (Langley Advance Times files)

Zellers pop-up returns to Langley’s Willowbrook Mall

The Bay will have a new, internal Zellers in the coming weeks

Willowbrook Shopping Mall is getting a pop-up Zellers inside The Bay. (Langley Advance Times files)
People shop in a grocery store in Montreal, Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The picture of how the economy fared in May will become a little clearer with a pair of reports from Statistics Canada this week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the…

People shop in a grocery store in Montreal, Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The picture of how the economy fared in May will become a little clearer with a pair of reports from Statistics Canada this week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes