News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business
VICTORIA
Stephen Lyons
Stevenson Luchies & Legh welcomes Stephen C. Lyons and adds Matthew Nefstead and Maliki Suppin to their team.
Dale Bracewell has recently been hired and started working as Senior Project Director – Transportation Governance at Capital Regional District.
Two new judges, Paul Pearson and Parveen Nijjar, have been appointed to the Provincial Court by the government of British Columbia. Their terms will begin on July 25, 2024.
Elena Perez is celebrating 1-year work anniversary at Emerald Eye Care.
Dave Skistod is celebrating 4-year work anniversary at Galaxy Motors.
Paul Hoffman, a geology professor at the University of Victoria, was honoured with the Kyoto Prise in Basic Sciences on June 14 for his innovative “snowball Earth hypothesis” that proposes that Earth’s surface was formerly almost totally covered in snow.
Vancouver Island Brewing was honoured with the prestigious Joint Health and Safety Committee Excellence Award at the annual Safety Pinnacle Awards Gala.
Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP announced the opening of its brand-new office space in Victoria, at 456 Pandora Avenue.
Melinda Friedman, the owner of Deer & Dough, has signed a lease to occupy 770 Fisgard Street, the former site of Shatterbox Coffee in downtown Victoria.
BC Hydro has announced plans to invest over $3 billion in capital projects on Vancouver Island in the coming decade as part of its 10-Year Capital Plan. These include the construction of a new substation in Langford and the replacement of ageing underground cables that serve Victoria, Esquimalt, and Saanich. Additionally, there will be significant investments in distribution to increase power-line capacity in various areas such as Bear Mountain, Langford Heights, Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Saanich, and Nanaimo. BC Hydro also plans to upgrade transmission capacity to Vancouver Island by replacing old undersea cables with new ones near the Gulf Islands. Lastly, seismic upgrade projects are in the works for BC Hydro’s three dams within the Campbell River system – John Hart, Strathcona and Ladore.
Starting July 18, 2024, landlords will need to utiliZe the Landlord Use Web Portal, a new website, to generate Notices to End Tenancy for personal occupancy or caretaker. This change aims to enhance renter protection by preventing unjust evictions and streamlining the process for landlords.
The CRD is requesting support from municipalities to secure $50 million in financing for the expansion of sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside regional trails.
In downtown Langford, the land and buildings where Ina Motors‘ businesses are located along Station Avenue at Meaford Avenue are up for sale. In 2023, Ina Motors relocated their car services to Douglas Street, which is located north of Victoria’s downtown.
An antique poster featuring the Victoria’s Empress Hotel is up for sale on Abebooks for $2,300 dollars.
The McKinnon Pool, which has been operational for fifty years, will be closed on September 15th due to maintenance and upkeep expenses.
The Victoria Royals hockey team have announced the appointment of Malcolm Salter as the teams new Director of Analytics and Strategy. Salter will oversee all aspects of the Royals analytics operations, providing a unique and supplementary perspective to the team’s current player database. The Royals play in the WHL (a member of the CHL, the highest level of junior hockey in Canada) out of the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. The Club is owned and operated by GSL Group.
The CTV/Bell Media facilities on Broad Street at Pandora Avenue will be vacated in the early part of the next year as the media company relocates its news and radio operations from downtown Victoria to the newly constructed Esquimalt Town Square community. The existing structure at 1420 Broad Street will be sold.
The property at 1415 Broad Street, which is the location of the Victoria Events Centre and Coastline Surf Shop, has been listed for sale at $2.95 million.
The prestigious VIPIO Awards Ceremony presented Western Canada Security with the ‘Business of the Year – Large’ Award.
The Victoria Brain Injury Society is moving to Nootka Court. Effective July 29, 2024 our new location is C100-633 Courtney St (beside the Bug Zoo).
Camosun College was one of the first in the nation to have more than 30 Red Seal graduates from various trades walk across the stage at their convocation event.
The Parkside Hotel & Spa has become a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. This marks The Parkside Hotel & Spa’s unwavering commitment to aligning its operations with global scientific recommendations and international agreements to combat climate change.
Of the 65 insolvency filings highlighted in the Insolvency Insider in Q2 2024 real estate led all industries with 17 filings mentioned, followed by cannabis with 8 filings, and retail and healthcare with 4 filings each. 40 filings mentioned were in Ontario, followed by 11 in Alberta, and 7 in British Columbia.
Arlene Jenkins
Arlene Jenkins has joined Innov8 Digital Solutions as Customer Service Representative.
New public pickleball courts have been inaugurated in Saanich’s Uptown Shopping Centre.
Paint and Cider Night is scheduled on July 16th at Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse, 2487 Mount Saint Michael Road, Saanichton.
Orbus Business Networks is hosting an Empowered Women’s Chapter event on Thursday, July 11th at Baan Thai Wok & Bar in Belmont Market.
Code Ninjas Westshore is hosting a Free Super Summer Kids Day on July 20th at the Starlight Stadium.
Kurry King has been awarded Best Restaurant in the VIPIO Awards.
Intuitive Movement Sooke is celebrating 1 year anniversary.
Kendall Brunner, the owner of Sacred Somatics, offers free discovery sessions for clients to discuss their health goals and is also part of our Sidney By the Sea Gift Card Program.
The downtown Langford location of La Taquisa, a local taco food franchise on Goldstream Avenue near Claude Road, will be closing on July 14th.
The Millstream Beverage Company, a brewpub located on Millstream Road at Treanor Road in north Langford, has closed.
The West Shore Town Centre Fairway Market along Goldstream Avenue at Claude Road, is scheduled to close in mid-July.
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