FRASER INSTITUTE: TOP 20% OF CANADIAN INCOME-EARNING FAMILIES PAY 54% OF ALL TAXES
OTTAWA - The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (54.2 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and property taxes, according to a new study published by...
WORLD’S LARGEST HOCKEY STICK TO BE REMOVED
DUNCAN – The World’s Largest Hockey Stick (WLHS) has reached the end of its serviceable life. First constructed for Expo 1986 in Vancouver, then brought to the Island and affixed to the Cowichan...
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES EXPECT TO INCREASE PRICES THIS YEAR
OTTAWA - Small businesses expect to increase prices by an average of 2.5% over the next 12 months, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Business Barometer®....
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION BUYS CASINO NANAIMO
NANAIMO – Petroglyph Development Group Ltd., a wholly owned corporation of Snuneymuxw First Nation, has purchased the downtown Casino Nanaimo from gaming and hospitality company Great Canadian...
TRIO OF COMPANIES PURCHASES DURWEST CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
By Mark MacDonald VICTORIA – Durwest Construction Management Inc. will be building for the future under new ownership. An umbrella of companies came together to purchase Durwest: RAM Consulting...
OPINION: THINGS GET SLIMY AS HOLLYWOOD GIVES THE FINGER TO FISH FARMS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - “F-off” fish farms! Are these the words of reconciliation...really? It would seem actor William Shatner thinks so as he screams profanity and directs a middle finger in a YouTube...
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