Central/North Vancouver Island
ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 FORECAST
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled economic landscape that renders...
MINIMUM RATES INCREASE ON DEC. 31 FOR FARM WORKERS WHO HAND HARVEST CROPS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Minimum piece rates for hand harvesting specified farm crops will increase by 3.9% on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. The increase applies to 15 agricultural crops harvested by hand as...
MNP WELCOMES 21 BDO CANADA OFFICES, PARTNERS, TEAMS, ACROSS FOUR PROVINCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - MNP and BDO, two of Canada’s leading professional services firms, announced today that MNP will acquire a select number of BDO’s Canadian offices, partners and team members,...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: DECEMBER 31, 2024
VICTORIA - 1006 St Charles St (institutional add/alter) St Charles Manor - Expansion and Upgrade Architect: Continuum Architecture - Victoria Ph: 250-388-4261 jeremy@continuumarchitecture.ca...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS DECEMBER 27, 2024
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, a Governor of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, has been appointed as the next Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Sharon...
12.2024 WHO IS SUING WHOM
The contents of Who’s Suing Whom is provided by a third-party resource and is accurate according to public court documents. Some of these cases may have been resolved by publication date. DEFENDANT:...
South Vancouver Island
OPINION: NEW YEAR BLOWS WITH THE WINDS OF CHANGE
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Boy, is 2025 ever blowing in fiercely and forcefully. This month Donald Trump will again occupy the White House and already Canada’s economic stability is being shaken by...
2024 VICTORIA REAL ESTATE MARKET IN REVIEW
VICTORIA - A total of 421 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this December, 28 per cent more than the 329 properties sold in December 2023 and a 23.6 per cent decrease from...
MINIMAL CHANGE TO VANCOUVER ISLAND 2025 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - The property assessments for approximately 400,000 properties on Vancouver Island, have now been released. Overall, Vancouver Island's total assessments increased from over $386...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: JANAURY 2, 2024
LADYSMITH- 128 Rollie Rose Dr (multi-family new) Townhouses Designer: Adapt Design - Victoria Ph: 250-893-8127 josh@adaptdesign.ca Developer: Sharpe Sites Inc - Ladysmith Ph:...
LANGFORD RANKED THIRD IN THE TOP 20 MOST LIVABLE CANADIAN CITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN 2024
LANGFORD - The City of Langford concludes the year with another accolade, ranking third on the Globe and Mail's list of the 20 Most Livable Canadian Cities for Entrepreneurs. This ranking is based...
NEW REPORT FINDS STRONG POTENTIAL FOR GREATER VICTORIA TO BECOME A LIFE SCIENCES HUB
VICTORIA - South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP) recently released an in-depth report on the life sciences sectors in Greater Victoria, highlighting the region's potential as an emerging hub...
Thompson Okanagan
CITY OF PENTICTON RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF CANADA’S MOST LIVABLE CITIES
PENTICTON - The City of Penticton has been recognized as one of Canada’s most livable cities, according to latest rankings by The Globe and Mail. Penticton ranked as the ninth most livable city in...
BIGFOOT CRANE ACADEMY TRAINING CRANE OPERATORS ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
On the ground: students learn with hands-on instruction at Bigfoot Crane Academy ABBOTSFORD – Bigfoot Crane Academy is providing boots on the ground training to help crane operators get a better...
CAR GROUP ASKING PROVINCE TO SLOW DOWN ON ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE TARGETS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – There’s a collision coming when radical government policy concerning the electrification of vehicles meets the marketplace in 2026. Ultimately, it will be consumers that will...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN INFLATION REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 1.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 2.0 per cent increase in October....
ICBA: B.C.’s BUSINESS DISADVANTAGE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA’s VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. BRITISH COLUMBIA - David Eby made his annual visit to the...
COFI RESPONDS TO NDP-GREEN AGREEMENT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Linda Coady, President & Chief Executive Officer of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI), issued the following statement today in response to a commitment to undertake a...
Fraser Valley
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN INFLATION REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 1.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 2.0 per cent increase in October....
ICBA: B.C.’s BUSINESS DISADVANTAGE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA’s VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. BRITISH COLUMBIA - David Eby made his annual visit to the...
COFI RESPONDS TO NDP-GREEN AGREEMENT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Linda Coady, President & Chief Executive Officer of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI), issued the following statement today in response to a commitment to undertake a...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN HOUSING STARTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts rose 8 per cent to 262,433 units in November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 25 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: CANADIAN HOME SALES CONTINUE TO CLIMB IN NOVEMBER
OTTAWA – Home sales activity recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems rose again in November, building on October’s surprise jump. Sales were up 2.8% in November compared to October, and now stand a...
MEI: OTTAWA’S SPENDING SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL WITH $48.3-BILLION SHORTFALL
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s broken pledge to keep the deficit below $40.1 billion for 2023-2024 is one more sign the government has lost control of federal finances, asserts an MEI researcher...
Northern BC
SITE C RESERVOIR FILLING COMPLETED
FORT ST.JOHN - Reservoir filling for the Site C project has been safely completed after 11 weeks, with the water level at the dam site increasing by about 43 metres. While reservoir filling is...
CARIBOO GOLD MINE ISSUED OPERATING PERMIT
Photo QUESNEL – Osisko Development Corporation has been granted an operating permit under the Mines Act for its Cariboo Gold Mine in nearby Wells. Cariboo Gold is an underground mine that will...
ULKATCHO ENERGY CORPORATION SOLAR PLANT PROJECT IN ANAHIM LAKE ADVANCES
NORTHERN BC - The Ulkatcho Energy Corporation (UEC) is pleased to share that Duz Cho Construction LP just recently completed the civil earthworks for the Solar Plant site, marking an important...
2024 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS: CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN TERRACE
TERRACE –The Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce proudly hosted the 2024 Business Excellence Awards on October 19, 2024, marking a triumphant return after a five-year hiatus. This prestigious...
NORTHERN BC MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 21, 2024
News Influencing Decision Makers in Northern BC PRINCE GEORGE Pacific Coastal Airlines has launched its inaugural route connecting Kelowna International Airport - YLW with Prince George Airport...
KOT GROUP BUYS OKANAGAN DODGE
KELOWNA – Okanagan Dodge is the latest addition to the Kot Auto Group. It is the second Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler dealership that is now under the Kot Group, as they acquired Nanaimo’s Woodgrove...