Central/North Vancouver Island
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 1, 2025
VICTORIA - 1721 Adanac St (multi-family new) Condominiums – Missing Middle Houseplex Architect: Fold Architecture Inc – Victoria Ph: 604-364-7179 ssloan@foldarchitects.com Developer: Cascara...
SKILLED WORKERS AND CORE THEMES SET SERVICEMASTER RESTORE OF VICTORIA APART
VICTORIA – When a client calls ServiceMaster Restore of Victoria to help with restoring a building from fires and floods, the company arrives quickly, armed with skilled workers and core themes that...
EDITORIAL: IS IT TIME FOR ALBERTA TO PLAY THE CONSTITUTION CARD?
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Could country-wide, east-west pipelines be the thread that holds Canada together? In 1871 Prime Minister John A. MacDonald enticed British Columbia to join the Dominion of Canada...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 28, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Janet Austin, who recently completed seven years of service as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and is now a private citizen, has embraced a new...
ICBA CALL ON PREMIER EBY TO SCRAP ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BILL 7
SURREY—The B.C. NDP Government’s proposed Bill 7 is an unprecedented attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Premier and must be stopped, says Canada’s largest construction association, the...
BCREA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is pleased to announce that Surrey REALTOR® Chris Shields has been installed as its 2025-2026 Chair at the BCREA Annual...
South Vancouver Island
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 28, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Janet Austin, who recently completed seven years of service as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and is now a private citizen, has embraced a new...
ICBA CALL ON PREMIER EBY TO SCRAP ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BILL 7
SURREY—The B.C. NDP Government’s proposed Bill 7 is an unprecedented attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Premier and must be stopped, says Canada’s largest construction association, the...
BCREA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is pleased to announce that Surrey REALTOR® Chris Shields has been installed as its 2025-2026 Chair at the BCREA Annual...
GOVERNANCE CRISIS ADVERSELY AFFECTING B.C.’S HOUSING SUPPLY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canada is facing a crisis in governance that is adversely affecting the housing supply, a point Casey Edge, Executive Director of the Victoria Residential Builders Association,...
BC CHAMBER RESPONDS TO BILL 7 – ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the Government’s recent introduction of Bill 7 - Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, 2025, our President and CEO, Fiona Famulak, penned a letter to...
BC FERRIES RATE INCREASE, SAVER FARES AND NEW SAILING
NANAIMO – BC Ferries has announced that, starting June 19, the Queen of Alberni will sail one way to Departure Bay on its final sailing of the day, departing Tsawwassen at 4:30 pm. Bookings for this...
Thompson Okanagan
PROVINCE CANCELS SECONDARY SUITE PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the pilot secondary-suite incentive program will no longer be accepting applications after March 30, 2025 due to financial constraints, also...
BCREA: JANUARY 2025 RETAIL SALES REPORT AND MORTGAGE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 4.2 per cent....
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORM
OTTAWA - With the federal election underway, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is releasing its small business platform with 13 key recommendations on improving Canada’s...
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE ARRIVES IN CITY OF PENTICTON
PENTICTON - The Western Hockey League has arrived. "We're thrilled with the announcement today that the Western Hockey League is bringing the top tier of junior hockey to Penticton," says Mayor...
BCBC: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: DRIVING CANADIAN PROSPERITY THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Western Business Coalition has launched its first major initiative – Untapped Potential – Driving Canadian Prosperity Through Natural Resources – to unlock the economic...
CRACKDOWN ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IS GUTTING CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Move to curb international students is undermining post-secondary institutions and weakening the economy OTTAWA - Canada isn’t just facing bad news from the ever-changing chaos south of the border;...
Fraser Valley
PROVINCE CANCELS SECONDARY SUITE PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the pilot secondary-suite incentive program will no longer be accepting applications after March 30, 2025 due to financial constraints, also...
BCREA: JANUARY 2025 RETAIL SALES REPORT AND MORTGAGE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 4.2 per cent....
CITY OF SURREY APPROVED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND
SURREY - The City of Surrey has been approved for additional funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) as part of the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). This...
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORM
OTTAWA - With the federal election underway, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is releasing its small business platform with 13 key recommendations on improving Canada’s...
LANGLEY CHAMBER: CANEXPORT GRANTS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
LANGLEY - Exporting your goods or services outside Canada can be a major growth opportunity — but entering new markets can come with significant costs. To help offset those early-stage expenses, the...
CHILLIWACK CHAMBER CELEBRATES BEING ONE OF FASTEST GROWING CHAMBER IN CANADA
CHILLIWACK - The Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada (CCEC) has announced The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce as one of Canada’s Top 10 fastest growing Chambers. In CCEC’s new research report,...
Northern BC
ICBA ECONOMICS: UPDATE ON AN UNWANTED TRADE WAR – PART 2
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist, the following op-ed first ran in the Toronto Sun on March 4,2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is hard to keep track of the on-again, off-again cross-border tariff...
FCC: CANADA’S FARMLAND VALUES CONTINUED TO CLIMB IN 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, slightly less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to...
BCREA: HOUSING STARTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts fell by 4 per cent to 229,030 units in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were down 12 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: TARIFF UNCERTAINTY KEEPING HOOME BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES
OTTAWA - Canadian home sales fell sharply from January to February, as home buyers remained on the sidelines in the first full month of the ongoing trade war with the United States. Sales activity...
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN BC HYDRO PROJECTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The federal government has announced it is investing more than $156.8 million in eight BC Hydro infrastructure projects across the province. The funding is provided through the...
CFIB: ANSWERS NEEDED BEOFRE ELECTION CALL
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) welcomes Ottawa’s decision to scrap the carbon tax but is concerned about some important outstanding carbon, capital and alcohol tax...