BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian employment lost 63k jobs in December (-0.3 per cent, m/m), representing the first decline since April 2020. This comes on the heels of many provinces reinstating public...
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Westjet Slashes Capacity In Response To Rushed Government Testing Regime
Westjet Group To Stand Down Equivalent Of 1,000 Employees And Reduce Capacity By A Third BRITISH COLUMBIA - WestJet announced further cuts to its schedule as the airline continues to face volatile...
Kaercher Projects & Construction Ltd. Thrive On Challenging Projects
Sidney, BC Based Company Has Carved Out A Niche In Construction SIDNEY – Mike and Eric Kaercher love a challenge. That’s become a trademark of their company, Kaercher Projects & Construction...
New Online Provincial Directory Helps Patients Connect With Their Family Doctors In BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA -- The Pathways Medical Care Directory is an online resource in which British Columbians across the province can easily find information about booking in-person and virtual...
C.D. Howe: Competition Law Has Teeth To Oversee Digital Marketplace
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Competition law enforcement should be the first defense for addressing anti-competitive behaviour in the digital marketplace, according to a report from a C.D. Howe Institute...
Scanplus Locating Ltd. Offers Invaluable Service To Vancouver Island
Scanplus Leads The Way In Ground Penetrating Radar And Locating In BC SOOKE - Launched in 2015 by Dough Wittich, ScanPlus Locating Ltd. was born out of Doug's frustration with existing ground...
ICBA: BC Construction Outlook Holding Up Strong In Strange Times
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Our annual ICBA Wage and Benefits Survey reliably illustrates the state of the BC construction industry – this year’s results are no exception. The relative health of the...
BCREA: BC Monthly Real GDP Estimate For October 2020
BC Monthly Real GDP Estimate for October 2020 & Preliminary Estimate For November 2020 BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BCREA Nowcast estimate of provincial economic growth (expressed as year-over-year...
December 2020: Victoria Movers
John Espley has been named Chamber Member of the Year for 2021 by the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, where he serves as a member of the Chamber’s Board of Governors. The Better Business...
The 2020 Victoria Real Estate Market Year In Review
VICTORIA - A total of 631 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this December, 57 per cent more than the 402 properties sold in December 2019 and a 20.6 per cent decrease from...
BC Ferries’ Fourth LNG-Fuelled Salish Class Vessel Launches At Remontowa Shipbuilding
New Ferry Is Scheduled To Service The Southern Gulf Islands In 2022 VICTORIA/VANCOUVER ISLAND– BC Ferries continues to roll out its Clean Futures Plan with the launch of its fourth liquefied natural...
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces $3M Digital Ship In-Service Support Project
Leading Industry Partners Come Together from Canada’s West and East Coasts VICTORIA - Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced its 16th project with a total project value of more than $3 million....
Pre-Departure COVID-19 Testing For All Air Travellers Coming To Canada
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis that is having a significant impact on the air industry and all travellers. The Government of Canada has multiple measures in...
Plurilock Announces New Product Release
VICTORIA — Plurilock Security Inc., a leading provider of invisible and continuous authentication technologies for enterprises, announced the availability of its fourth quarter 2020 product release....
VIATEC Unveils Ten Greater Victoria COVID Heroes
VICTORIA - In place of the popular VIATEC Awards event that was cancelled in June, VIATEC (Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology & Entrepreneurship Council), put on a special one-time...
Recovery Trend In Forestry Sector A Bright Spot For BC Economy
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Forestry has been a bright spot for BC’s economy during the pandemic after being hammered in 2019 when low prices, trade frictions and supply constraints resulted in mill...