BCREA: MAY 2024 CANADIAN RETAIL SALES REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales fell 0.2 per cent to $66.4 billion in March. Excluding volatile items, sales were down 0.6 per cent on a month-over-month basis. In volume terms, adjusted...
FLEXIBILITY OPTIONS ATTRACTING TOP WOMEN TO CLEAN ENERGY CONSULTING
VANDERHOOF – Flexibility was one of the major reasons that Zoe Dhillon decided to leave the public sector and join Clean Energy Consulting (CEC) in 2019. As a Senior Project Manager from her home...
NORTHERN BC BRIEFS – MAY 23, 2024
Quesnel Council Urges Hotel Development & Revitalization QUESNEL - Council provided first & second readings for proposed Bylaw 1959 Hotel Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, which will...
CIB INVESTMENT EXPANDS EXPORTS THROUGH PORT OF PRINCE RUPERT
PRINCE RUPERT – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has reached financial close on a $150 million loan to the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) for the first phase of a project to build CANXPORT....
FRASER INSTITUTE: GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SAVES BC TAXPAYERS MILLIONS EVERY YEAR
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Despite misperceptions, government funding for independent schools in British Columbia saves the province (i.e. provincial taxpayers) millions of dollars every year, finds a new...
HIGHLIGHTING SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION – A KEY TO ATTRACTING MORE FEMALES TO INDUSTRY
By Mark MacDonald BRITISH COLUMBIA - Although women have made some strong strides into the construction industry in recent years, some of the typical challenges of entering a traditionally...
