Tag: B.C.
Edmonton Journal: The “City of Champions” a Hot Spot for Restaurant...
EDMONTON — The city of Edmonton is a breeding ground for restaurant concepts and entrepreneurial spirit, where Boston Pizza, Earls, Pizza 73, Booster Juice,...
PST to be Reinstated in B.C. in April
VICTORIA — The B.C. foodservice industry is anticipating April 1, when Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will replace the province’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), essentially...
Chef’s Congress Returns
WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Chefs from across the country are gearing up for the third-annual Canadian Chefs’ Congress, a two-day biennial event to be held...
B.C. Blueberry Crops Delayed
VANCOUVER — Cool and rainy weather has delayed blueberry crops in B.C., and, as one of the world’s largest high-bush blueberry-producing regions in the...
Spot Prawn Festival Kicks Off BC Spot Prawn Season
VANCOUVER — Chefs and fisherman will kick off the B.C. spot-prawn season May 5 in Vancouver at the 6th annual Spot Prawn Festival. The...
Mission Hill Named Winery of the Year
KELOWNA, B.C. — Mission Hill Family Estate has been named "Winery of the Year,” beating out 300 other competitors at the InterVin International Wine...
Farm-to-School Program a Success
VANCOUVER — Salad bars in B.C. schools are winning praise, while boosting student health and the local-food economy, reports The Globe and Mail. Pioneered...
Trading a Restaurant for Limerick
GIBSONS, B.C. — Three hundred dollars could be the only start-up cost necessary to take over the B.C.-based Benjamin’s International Café, as the retiring...
B.C. Shellfish Businesses Worry Over Biotoxin
GEORGIA STRAIT, B.C. — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled shellfish harvested between July 19 and Aug. 2 from Gorge Harbour off Cortes...
1.6 Million Cast Vote in B.C. HST Referendum
VANCOUVER — More than 1.6-million registered voters have mailed in their ballot and had their say in B.C.’s Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) referendum. Don...
