OTTAWA - Do government debts and deficits matter? Some people think not. Some argue that governments control the money supply and can always generate more funds. This spending provides health care...
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BCREA: MAY 2024 CANADIAN RETAIL SALES REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales fell 0.2 per cent to $66.4 billion in March. Excluding volatile items, sales were down 0.6 per cent on a month-over-month basis. In volume terms, adjusted...
FLEXIBILITY OPTIONS ATTRACTING TOP WOMEN TO CLEAN ENERGY CONSULTING
VANDERHOOF – Flexibility was one of the major reasons that Zoe Dhillon decided to leave the public sector and join Clean Energy Consulting (CEC) in 2019. As a Senior Project Manager from her home...
NORTHERN BC BRIEFS – MAY 23, 2024
Quesnel Council Urges Hotel Development & Revitalization QUESNEL - Council provided first & second readings for proposed Bylaw 1959 Hotel Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, which will...
CIB INVESTMENT EXPANDS EXPORTS THROUGH PORT OF PRINCE RUPERT
PRINCE RUPERT – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has reached financial close on a $150 million loan to the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) for the first phase of a project to build CANXPORT....
FRASER INSTITUTE: GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SAVES BC TAXPAYERS MILLIONS EVERY YEAR
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Despite misperceptions, government funding for independent schools in British Columbia saves the province (i.e. provincial taxpayers) millions of dollars every year, finds a new...
HIGHLIGHTING SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION – A KEY TO ATTRACTING MORE FEMALES TO INDUSTRY
By Mark MacDonald BRITISH COLUMBIA - Although women have made some strong strides into the construction industry in recent years, some of the typical challenges of entering a traditionally...
BCREA: SHELTER COSTS HIGH IN APRIL
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in April, down from a 2.9 per cent increase in March. Month-over-month,...
GLOBAL PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION SURGES, DEFYING ENERGY TRANSITION EFFORTS
By Jock Finlayson and Denise Mullen A data gift arrived in our inboxes the other day. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released an update on all things energy-related. The...
HONEST COMMENTARY ON BRITISH COLUMBIA’S EFFORTS TO GROW VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
An Editorial Opinion – View From The Stump, April, 2024 BRITISH COLUMBIA - Premier Eby and his Ministers Ralston and Mercier are often heard saying “more jobs from trees harvested” when...
FRASER INSTITUTE: CANADIANS EXPERIENCING DECLINE IN LIVING STANDARDS
OTTAWA - From 2019 to 2023, Canadian living standards declined—and as of the end of 2023, the decline had not yet ended, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent,...
GEOSCIENCE BC CREATES FIRST NORTHEAST BC LITHIUM DATABASE
NORTHERN BC - In July of 2022, the Geoscience BC Society was approved for a $200,000 grant to collect data about the amount of lithium available in Northeast B.C. The NEBC Lithium – Formation Water...
PRINCE GEORGE AUTO WRECKING LTD. IS IN THE BUSINESS OF RECYCLING
PRINCE GEORGE – Prince George Auto Wrecking Ltd. is in the recycling business. Established in 1940, the family business at 9223 Northern Crescent at the south end of the BCR Industrial site is well...
CFIB: MANDATING A $20/HOUR LIVING WAGE COULD PUSH SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE BRINK OF CLOSURE
CFIB’s new report highlights flaws with minimum and living wage policies BRITISH COLUMBIA – Mandating a $20 per hour living wage in each province would cost the Canadian economy $44.9 billion in...
NORTHERN BC MOVERS & SHAKERS – MAY 16, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE Chris O'Riley, President and CEO of BC Hydro, will be honoured at a breakfast event hosted by the Prince George Chamber on June 14 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Prince...
PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER CONTINUES TO WORK FOR MEMBERS
PRINCE GEORGE - Hadih. Education is a big part of what we do at the Prince George Chamber of Commerce. As staff, we’re constantly educating ourselves so that we can provide better service to our...