CPABC: 2025 PROVINCIAL BUDGET INSIGHT
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The B.C. Government released their 2025/26 budget today, shortly after the United States officially launched a trade war against Canada by imposing sweeping tariffs on Canadian...
OPINION: TRUMP’S TRADE WAR AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CANADA
OTTAWA - We didn’t want it but it has crashed onto our shores anyway. U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed his long-mooted assault on Canada, deploying tariffs as his chosen weapon of “economic...
UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING TARIFFS HOLDING BACK VANCOUVER ISLAND REAL ESTATE BUYERS
NANAIMO – The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 493 unit sales (all property types) in February 2025, the same as one year ago. Year-over-year active listings (all property types)...
NANAIMO COLUMN: FATBURGER OPENS FIRST FRANCHISE IN NANAIMO
Frontrunners Racing Ahead, Opening Fifth Vancouver Island store NANAIMO - Nanaimo has its first Fatburger franchise, at 12-4890 Rutherford Road, at the corner of the Island Highway. They’re joined...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 5, 2024
NANAIMO - 116 Pryde Ave (multi-family new) Apartments Architect: Joyce Reid Troost JRTArch - Nanaimo Ph: 250-714-8749 joyce@jrtarchitecture.com Owner: Differential Building Group - Nanaimo Ph:...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 5, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND On March 12, the Kwa'lilas Hotel in Port Hardy will host a hands-on learning session on systemic discrimination in collaboration with...
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