Business

Q: This may sound rather heartless, but a retired employee comes around quite often and interrupts us — and his visits can be annoying.

Social media can be a valuable tool for non-profit organizations, businesses and individuals.

The B.C. government has revamped its tourism strategy, with a more modest growth target than than the one set before the 2010 Olympics.

The Elbow Room is a deli/café offering breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Jim Shales is not what you would call a handyman. He is way past handy. Since his move to Princeton last April, he has built four upper scale homes in the Westridge subdivision and now he is on to an added adventure in his growing company.

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Michael MacDonald, a retired but not tired local begins his own business.

Barry Beecroft is definitely not new to town or to the Similkameen Valley. In fact, Beecroft’s birth certificate says it all - born in Princeton, B.C.. “I was born in Princeton and raised in Cawston,” stated Beecroft at his Princeton fuel distribution site in the local industrial park. The site opened on July 22 of 2011 in the industrial park at 273 David Brown Way and Beecroft has been extremely satisfied with the local support for his family owned business since his arrival.

The B.C. government will add an extra $3 million to its small business venture capital tax credit and set up an expert panel to review business taxes in B.C., Premier Christy Clark announced Wednesday.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman expects to decide this fall on changes to B.C.'s clean energy legislation, including a possible reduction in independent power purchases by BC Hydro.