BCREA 2025 Second Quarter Housing Forecast BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2025 Second Quarter Housing Forecast today. Multiple Listing Service®...
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ECONOMIC EMERGENCY SUPPORTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - As Emergency Preparedness Week every May reminds us, being ready for the unexpected is more than a best practice—it’s a necessity. For rural communities and the small businesses...
OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Over and over, and for years, the construction industry has decried the need for more skilled trade workers. Slowly but surely, women have identified the opportunities that trades...
CPABC: INCENTIVIZING GROWTH IN B.C. A TOP PRIORITY AS TRADE WAR KICKS OFF
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) released BC Check-Up: Invest, an annual report on investment trends across the province. The report highlights...
PARTNERSHIP DRIVING DRONE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP FIRE SUPPRESSION
PRINCE GEORGE – FireSwarm Solutions Inc. has joined forces with Strategic Natural Resource Group on ultra-heavy lift drone technology to make automated aerial fire suppression a reality in Canada....
REPORT SHOWS FORESTRY’S ROLE IN DRIVING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE ACROSS CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has released a new national research report, titled Canada’s Forest Economy: An Analysis of the National Supply Chain and...
BC’S BEST IN HOSPITALITY HONOURED
BRITISH COLUMBIA — The British Columbia Hotel Association (BCHA) has announced the best of the best at the 2025 BCHA Awards of Excellence held on April 23 at the Westin Bayshore. Among 20 esteemed...
BCREA: FEBRUARY 2025 CANADIAN RETAIL SALES REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.4 per cent to $69.3 billion in February compared to the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 4.7 per...
LATE PAYMENTS CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BRITISH COLLUMBIA - For the past several years, the construction industry has implored the B.C. government to pay its overdue building bills on time. Instead, the cash flow drag continues, as 91...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 25, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Pip Dhaliwal of Freedom Capital Inc, has been recognized as an Excellence Awardee for the Canadian Mortgage Awards for Alternative Broker Specialist of the...
ICBA ECONOMICS: REVIEWING THE 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORMS
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - ICBA Economics has scrutinized the election platforms of the two main parties – Mark Carney’s Liberals, and Pierre Poilievre’s...
PROVINCE SUPPORTS FORESTRY-SECTOR MANUFACTURERS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF), is contributing as much as $11 million toward four forestry-sector capital projects in the province. The...
PHASE 2 OF BEVAN LIVING WORKPLACE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED IN CUMBERLAND
COMOX VALLEY – There’s a new place to do business, live and play in the Comox Valley, on the Bevan lands. Acciano Development Inc. has unveiled Phase 2 of its Bevan Living Workplace Industrial...
BCREA: MARCH 2025 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.3 per cent on a year-over-year basis in March, down from a 2.6 per cent increase in February....
WHY ARE CANADIAN OPINION POLLS ALL OVER THE MAP
Polls show the Liberals ahead, but many Canadians don’t believe it OTTAWA - There was a time when opinion polling was largely taken at face value. While each opinion research firm produced a...
LAKETOWN RANCH: ADAMS FAMILY WORKING TOGETHER IN CONCERTS
By Mark MacDonald, Business Examiner LAKE COWICHAN – Greg Adams loves a challenge. As a former National Hockey League player, the Duncan native thrives on it, and he’s poured all of that energy,...