Central/North Vancouver Island
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 20, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc. has announced an agreement with Paradigm Capital Inc. as the lead agent and sole bookrunner for a...
BCREA: OCTOBER STATS SHOWS CPI INCREASE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.0 per cent on a year-over-year basis in October, up from a 1.6 per cent increase in September....
NCDA: FEDERAL ELECTION SEASON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER
BRITISH COLUMBIA - On the heels of a historic provincial election in which the NDP government returned to power with a razor thin majority, many British Columbians were glued to their seats last...
CREA: CANADIAN HOME SALES SEE SURPRISE JUMP IN OCTOBER
OTTAWA - Home sales activity recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems increased 7.7% on a month-over-month basis in October 2024, reaching its highest level since April 2022. Rising home sales activity...
BCREA: BC HOUSING STARTS BELOW OCTOBER 2023 LEVELS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association reports that Canadian housing starts rose 8 per cent to 240,761 units in October at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts...
YELLOW SHEET VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 18, 2024
VICTORIA - 1516 Camosun St (multi-family new) Condominiums Architect: Cascadia Architects - Victoria Ph: 250-590-3223 greg@cascadiaarchitects.ca Developer: H Development Group - Victoria Ph:...
South Vancouver Island
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 26, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Niki Sharma has been reappointed as the attorney general and has been appointed as the Deputy Premier of British Columbia. Coastal...
EDITORIAL: GREEN ENERGY HYPE ISN’T BACKED BY THE DATA
By Denise Mullen & Jock Finlayson BRITISH COLUMBIA - A common narrative these days holds that the world is in the midst of an epic energy transition. However, the data don’t support this view....
LANGFORD COUNCIL APPROVES A ROBUST URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
LANGFORD - Langford Council was presented with the final Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP) at the November 18th Council Meeting and has approved the Plan. The UFMP details the current extent and...
BCREA: BC HOME SALES JUMP IN OCTOBER
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 7,119 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems in October 2024, up 33.5...
YELLOW SHEET VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 25, 2024
VICTORIA - 1703 Fernwood Rd (multi-family new) Townhouses - Missing Middle Architect: dHKarchitects - Victoria Ph: 250-658-3367 crk@dhk.ca Developer: Frame Properties - Shelbourne Dev Corp -...
WESTSHORE CHAMBER: WHAT DOES “LOCAL” MEAN TO YOU?
WESTSHORE - For some people, a local business is one that is independent and one of a kind. For others, it is locally owned, and may have more than one location. Franchises are often passed over...
Thompson Okanagan
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT IDENTIFIES NEED FOR MAJOR PROJECTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - To view the glass half full, construction in British Columbia continues to grow. If one is inclined to look at it half empty, declining investments in major projects and the...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 7, 2024
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KELOWNA The Central Okanagan School Board has elected Julia Fraser as its new chairman and Lisa Guderyan as its vice-chair. Allison Young, the director...
OPINION: OWN THE DIRT: THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF BUSINESS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - “The number one rule of business is own the dirt.” Bruce Alexander, the former owner of Parksville Chrysler and a good friend of mine, told me that more than once. With that in...
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Location: City of Kelowna (multi-family new) Address: 2211 Campbell Rd - Townhouses - Sol Aqua Description: New townhouse development - 2 to 3 storeys - 60 units - home owner marina, approx 60 slips...
ENTREPRENEUR’S EVENTS MAKING WOMEN FEEL WORTHY
By Mark MacDonald, Business Examiner PARKSVILLE –Kelsey Pringle, Jordan Sandhu and Suzanne Hedges want women to feel Worthy. That’s the goal of events that are filling venues on Vancouver Island and...
BDC AND EQUIFAX LAUNCH CANADIAN SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INDEX
OTTAWA - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Equifax Canada have partnered to launch the Canadian Small Business Health index. By combining actual business data and industry sentiment,...
Fraser Valley
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT IDENTIFIES NEED FOR MAJOR PROJECTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - To view the glass half full, construction in British Columbia continues to grow. If one is inclined to look at it half empty, declining investments in major projects and the...
OPINION: OWN THE DIRT: THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF BUSINESS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - “The number one rule of business is own the dirt.” Bruce Alexander, the former owner of Parksville Chrysler and a good friend of mine, told me that more than once. With that in...
BDC AND EQUIFAX LAUNCH CANADIAN SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH INDEX
OTTAWA - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Equifax Canada have partnered to launch the Canadian Small Business Health index. By combining actual business data and industry sentiment,...
BCREA: BC HOME SALES BUILDING MOMENTUM HEADING INTO 2025
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2024 Fourth Quarter Housing Forecast. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in BC are forecast to...
TRANSLINK SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE USES OF RETIRING SKYTRAIN CARS
SURREY - TransLink is seeking innovative ideas and proposals from organizations who would like to make use of some of the roughly 150 retiring Mark I SkyTrain cars, the first vehicles in the...
LANGLEY CHAMBER: GDP FLAT IN AUGUST WITH ZERO GROWTH
LANGLEY - Data for Business’ is an effort of the Langley Chamber, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber, to bring our members reports, stats, and analysis on economic and business data to help...
Northern BC
CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE AND COUGARS SIGN NEW FOUR-YEAR AGREEMENT
PRINCE GEORGE – The City of Prince George and the Prince George Cougars Hockey Club are pleased to announce the signing of a new four-year license agreement for the CN Centre. The previous agreement...
YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - One of my favourite books of all time is “ Think and Grow Rich”. One of the most popular books on the topic of success by Napoleon Hill and first published in 1937 and still in...
NEXT STEPS TO RECENT CHANGES TO TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM
OTTAWA - Following up on changes announced to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program announced on August 26th, Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official...
BCREA: AUGUST 2024 INFLATION SHOWS MORTGAGE INTERESTS COSTS UP
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.0 per cent on a year-over-year basis in August, down from a 2.5 per cent increase in July. This marks the...
PROVINCE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ON BUILDING MORE HOUSING WITH ZONING EXTENSIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Province has granted extensions to 21 B.C. local governments to provide them more time to amend zoning bylaws and upgrade infrastructure for some, or all, of their community....
CREA: CANADIAN HOUSING ACTIVITY REMAINS IN HOLDING PATTERN
OTTAWA - National home sales increased in June following the Bank of Canada’s first interest rate cut since 2020, and activity posted another small gain in August on the heels of the second rate cut...