Business

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BC Small Businesses Owe USD Debt — at a 22-Year Low Loonie

The CAD hit 0.696 USD in February 2025, turning every unhedged USD obligation into a slow-motion insolvency trigger. Here's the math BC operators aren't running.

5/1/2026

Elena Park

Business

$600K to Get In: Vancouver's Two-Tier Immigrant Entrepreneur Trap

Ottawa closed the Self-Employed Program. BC halved its PNP spots. Work-permit founders are building businesses with no PR runway — and nobody in Victoria is saying so.

4/30/2026

Elena Park

Business

$2B and Three Deals: The Barbell Hiding Inside PNW Climate Tech

Pacific Northwest climate VC looks like a boom. Strip out three mega-rounds and BC's policy stack — not Seattle's headlines — is the durable bet for 2026 cross-border capital.

4/30/2026

Sarah Jenkins