OPINION: A POSSIBLE REMEDY FOR OUR FOREST FUTURE
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Over 30 years ago, I walked into a school portable on a rainy day in Port Alberni. The room was full of forest industry workers hunched over computer terminals trying to learn new...
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...
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA John Wilson, the leader of the Wilson Group of Companies, declared his candidacy as the Conservative candidate for Esquimalt-Colwood. 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...
