BRITISH COLUMBIA - In BC’s current tariff- and trade-challenged environment, provincial priorities need to adapt. While affordable housing is a critical provincial issue, so are provincial economic...
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BCREA: MARCH 2025 CANADIAN RETAIL SALES REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales increased by 0.8 per cent to $69.8 billion in March compared to the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales were up by 5.6 per...
LONG TERM CARE VILLAGE CONCEPT COMING TO PRINCE GEORGE
PRINCE GEORGE - A new long-term care facility is coming to Prince George. The non-profit long-germ care home is modelled after a dementia village concept that opened in Comox in July of 2024. Once...
NORTHERN BC MOVERS & SHAKERS MAY 26, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in Northern BC PRINCE GEORGE Susan Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of Interior Health (IH), recently informed the Board of Directors that she will be...
CN TO INVEST $615 MILLION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BRITISH COLUMBIA - CN has announced plans to invest approximately $615 million CAD in British Columbia, as part of its 2025 capital investment program. This investment will support strategic...
ICBA ECONOMICS: NDP PAPERING BC FORESTRY TO DEATH
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia’s forest products sector has been struggling for several years, weighed down by a mix of dwindling fibre supply, high...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MAY 23, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Ken Holland of Vernon was named the new general manager of the LA Kings. Rusty Spur has recently acquired Vernon's Briteland Holdings. Dr. W. Stephen McNeil,...
NORTHERN BC HYDROGEN HUB COLLABORATION AWARDED BY NCLGA
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George was recognized for outstanding community leadership with two awards presented at the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) Annual General...
FRASER INSTITUTE: CANADA HAD THIRD-LARGEST INCREASE IN TOTAL GOVERNMENT DEBT
Debt (relative to te economy) among 40 high-income countries OTTAWA - Since 2014, Canada’s total government debt—including federal, provincial and local governments—has exploded, finds a new study...
TLA STATEMENT ON NEW PROVINCIAL FOREST ADVISORY COUNCIL
BRITISH COLUMBIA - For 82 years, the TLA’s long history of supporting the forward movement of BC’s forest sector with the core objective of ensuring the ongoing prosperity of the contracting...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MAY 16, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Hugh Watt has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Acera Insurance. Alexi Bonnis has been appointed as the Site Superintendent at Aquilini Group....
MEI: OTTAWA’S DECADE-LONG BUREAUCRATIC EXPANSION NEEDS A CHRÉTIEN-STYLE REVIEW
OTTAWA – If it is serious about reining in spending and controlling the size of its bureaucracy, Ottawa should take a page from the Chrétien government’s 1994 Program Review, states a new MEI...
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT BOOMS AMIDST SPANISH MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANY GROWTH
WILLIAMS LAKE – When she first moved to Likely, B.C., a town of roughly 300 residents, Evelyn McDonald, organization manager with Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd., was fully prepared to retire. The...
CPABC: HOUSING STARTS IN THE CARIBOO REBOUND
PRINCE GEORGE - According to BC Check-Up: Invest, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on investment trends across the province, there were 696...
BCREA: HOME BUYERS REMAIN HESITANT IN APRIL
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 6,453 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems in April 2025, down 14.6...
SUNOCO LP AGREES TO BUY PARKLAND CORPORATION SHARES
BURNABY – Sunoco LP has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of Parkland Corporation for $9.1 billion. Parkland, headquartered in Calgary, has over 4,000 retail locations in 26 countries, and...