Central/North Vancouver Island
EDITORIAL: MEDICAL WAIT TIMES COST CANADIAN PATIENTS ALMOST $3.5 BILLION IN LOST WAGES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians almost $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity last year, finds a new study published today by the Fraser...
OPINION: WHAT’S BEHIND “AXE THE TAX”
VANCOUVER ISLAND - “Axe the (Carbon) Tax” is the chant reverberating across the country and national opinion polls show it’s a message really striking a chord. To begin to understand the political...
MORE INVENTORY BENEFITS BOTH BUYERS AND SELLERS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
NANAIMO – The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 741 unit sales board-wide (all property types) in April 2024. In the single-family category (excluding acreage and waterfront), 376...
MOVERS & SHAKERS MAY 1, 2024 – BUSINESS EXAMINER VANCOUVER ISLAND
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND Naomi Heith has been named the new District of Port Hardy's Recreation and Community Services Manager. On April 18, 2024, a National...
DISCOVERY MONTESSORI SCHOOL PUTS TECTONICA ON TOP
Nanaimo Company’s Projects Earn Pair Of Vancouver Island Commercial Building Awards By Mark MacDonald, Business Examiner NANAIMO – Tectonica Management added two more awards to their growing...
CHAMPIONING LOCAL PROSPERITY IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY
DUNCAN - At the Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce, we understand the integral role local businesses play in shaping the economic and cultural fabric of our community. As advocates for the region’s...
South Vancouver Island
BCREA: THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT #572
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It’s often said that the only constant in life is change, and change certainly appears to be the name of the game. Described as a real “game-changer”, the Short-Term Rental...
EDITORIAL: MEDICAL WAIT TIMES COST CANADIAN PATIENTS ALMOST $3.5 BILLION IN LOST WAGES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians almost $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity last year, finds a new study published today by the Fraser...
MOVERS & SHAKERS VICTORIA FOR MAY 7, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Kelsey Spannier, has been named the new Events Specialist at the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. In collaboration with L.A....
OPINION: WHAT’S BEHIND “AXE THE TAX”
VANCOUVER ISLAND - “Axe the (Carbon) Tax” is the chant reverberating across the country and national opinion polls show it’s a message really striking a chord. To begin to understand the political...
CPABC: NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SLUGGISH IN NANAIMO AND DUNCAN
DUNCAN - According to BC Check-Up: Invest, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on investment trends across the province, there were 2,410 housing...
BC BUILDS SELECTS NEW SITES FOR RENTAL HOUSING
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Three properties in the Township of Langley have been selected as sites for BC Builds pre-zoned housing on public lands that will become rental homes for middle income people....
Thompson Okanagan
SECONDARY SUITE PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN B.C.
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province of B.C. has launched a three-year pilot of the new Secondary Suite Incentive Program. As of May 2, 2024 homeowners in most B.C. municipalities and regional...
BCREA: THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT #572
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It’s often said that the only constant in life is change, and change certainly appears to be the name of the game. Described as a real “game-changer”, the Short-Term Rental...
EDITORIAL: MEDICAL WAIT TIMES COST CANADIAN PATIENTS ALMOST $3.5 BILLION IN LOST WAGES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians almost $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity last year, finds a new study published today by the Fraser...
PENTICTON CHAMBER SUPPORTS RECRIMINALIZATION
PENTICTON - As a leading advocate for local businesses and after observing a record-setting year of overdose deaths in 2023 in the same year that British Columbia implemented the decriminalization...
BRYANT ELECTRIC A THIRD GENERATION FAMILY COMPANY
PRINCE GEORGE – Longevity is a great gauge that speaks about the success of a business. Bryant Electric is no exception, as the family business, founded by Glen Bryant in 1960, now has third...
OKANAGAN REAL ESTATE INVENTORY UPWARD TREND
KELOWNA - Residential real estate market activity in April heated up to a simmer with new inventory coming on to market, reports the Association of Interior Realtors. A total of 1,282 residential...
Fraser Valley
BCREA: THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT #572
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It’s often said that the only constant in life is change, and change certainly appears to be the name of the game. Described as a real “game-changer”, the Short-Term Rental...
EDITORIAL: MEDICAL WAIT TIMES COST CANADIAN PATIENTS ALMOST $3.5 BILLION IN LOST WAGES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians almost $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity last year, finds a new study published today by the Fraser...
GREEN SHEET FRASER VALLEY BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 30, 2024
Location: Abbotsford (multi-family new) Address: 2179 McCallum Rd - Rental Condominiums Description: New multi family development - 2 structures - 6 storeys - 138 rental condominium units - shared...
MOVERS & SHAKERS FRASER VALLEY FOR MAY 1, 2024
Fraser Valley Business News DELTA The Coast Tsawwassen Inn, located in Delta, was honoured with several awards at the 2023 Coast Hotels Award ceremony, which took place at the Coast Nisku Inn &...
PREFERRED PROPONENT SELECTED FOR SURREY LANGLEY SKYTRAIN SYSTEMS, TRACKWORK
SURREY – The Province is moving the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project forward with the selection of a preferred proponent team to design and build the systems and trackwork. Following a competitive...
BC BUILDS SELECTS NEW SITES FOR RENTAL HOUSING
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Three properties in the Township of Langley have been selected as sites for BC Builds pre-zoned housing on public lands that will become rental homes for middle income people....
Northern BC
BC BUILDS SELECTS NEW SITES FOR RENTAL HOUSING
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Three properties in the Township of Langley have been selected as sites for BC Builds pre-zoned housing on public lands that will become rental homes for middle income people....
NORTHERN BC MOVERS & SHAKERS – APRIL 30, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE Coast Hotels Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of APA Hotel Canada, Inc. announced that Jin Sasaki, the current President, will...
VEGA MINING APPOINTS NISGA’A CITIZENS TO KEY POSITIONS
NORTHERN BC - Vega Mining Inc., which has formed Nations Royalties with Nisga’a First Nation, has appointed several Nisga’a citizens to its management team and Board of Directors. Tony Robinson is...
BCREA: FEBRUARY 2024 CANADIAN GDP GROWTH
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian real GDP grew 0.2 per cent in February, following a 0.5 per cent increase in January. The growth was driven by services-producing sectors (+0.2 per cent), led by growth...
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE TAKES A NOSEDIVE IN APRIL
OTTAWA - The long-term confidence index for the next 12 months dropped 5.4 points down to 47.5. This indicator decreased for a second consecutive month, according to the latest Canadian Federation...
NORTHERN BC HOUSING AFFORDABILITY INDICATORS
NORTHERN BC - The BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB) Housing Affordability Indicators estimate the proportion of median household income required to cover the major costs associated with home...