VANCOUVER ISLAND – For those of us with aging parents, ensuring quality-of-life and applying care can be a full-time job. However, many people live far from their loved ones or don’t have the time...
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BCREA: Lack of Inventory Creating Tighter Market Conditions Across BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 7,427 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) systems in April 2023, a...
CFIB: The Small Business 8-day Workweek
Small Business Owners Clock In 59 Hours A Week To Make Up For Labour Shortages OTTAWA – The average small business owner works 54 hours a week, the equivalent of an eight-day workweek for most...
CD Howe: Housing Prices Driven Up by Barriers to Building in Canadian Cities
OTTAWA – Governments need to take bold action to bring market prices of new housing units more in line with the cost of construction, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Buyers...
Canada’s Cement and Concrete Industry Launches Action Plan to Net-Zero
OTTAWA - The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) – together with its members and partners in the concrete sector – released Concrete Zero, an Action Plan to ensure Canada's cement and concrete...
Northern BC Receives Funding for Professional Truck Driver Training
PRINCE GEORGE – More people will be able to train for jobs as professional truck drivers in northern BC through a Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project funded by the Province. Go Team...
Changes to BC Strata Property 55+ Bylaws
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Exemption regulations for 55 plus strata properties have been put in place by the BC Government to accommodate people with family structure changes. Taking effect immediately,...
Newest Minimum Wage Hike Shows Stunning Ignorance for its Impact On Inflation
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Congratulations, NDP Premier David Eby. You’ve just driven up the price of hamburgers. That’s what you’ve really done by arbitrarily hiking the minimum wage by an astonishing 6.90...
MBA Chartered Professional Accountants Have Big Goals
Kelowna-Based Firm Looking To Expand Operations Across Canada KELOWNA – Strategic Director Erik “The Viking” Solbakken challenged the partners of MBA Chartered Professional Accountants to come up...
Kitselas First Nation and Province Sign Environmental Assessment Agreement
TERRACE - Kitselas First Nation (KFN) and the Province have signed an agreement that establishes a government-to-government framework for co-ordinating governance and decision-making processes...
Hexagon Purus Opens Engineering And Manufacturing Facility In Kelowna
KELOWNA - Hexagon Purus, with its purpose to help drive energy transformation through zero emission solutions, announces the opening of its new engineering and manufacturing facility for battery and...
2023 BC Economic Development Award Winners Announced
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Economic Development Association (BCEDA) and FortisBC have announced the winners of the 2023 BC Economic Development Awards at the BCEDA’s annual awards...
Innotech Windows + Doors Announces Joint Venture with Royal Glaziers
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Innotech Windows + Doors, North America’s largest exclusive manufacturer of German engineered fenestration systems, has formed a partnership with Royal Glaziers Inc., a growing...
2023 BC Hotel Association Awards Finalists Announced
KELOWNA - The stage is set for an exceptional celebration of hospitality excellence in British Columbia as the finalists for the prestigious 2023 BC Hotel Association Awards of Excellence have been...
Tax Hikes For The Rich: Are They Warnings Or Reality?
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is politically expedient to float “tax the rich” schemes, particularly when the vast amount of voters are “have-nots”, or “not rich” that typically draw more from “the system”...
Canadian Government Workers Receive 8.5% Higher Wages, on Average, Than Comparable Private-Sector Workers
OTTAWA - The wage premium and more generous benefits that government workers in Canada enjoy over their private-sector counterparts is one area governments could look to reduce costs following the...
