UNITED WAY SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND CONGRATULATES LOCAL WORKPLACES FOR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN SUCCESSES
VICTORIA– The United Way Southern Vancouver Island (UWSVI) congratulated the many local workplaces that ran campaigns for United Way in 2023-24, celebrating some of the most noteworthy as 2024...
COLWOOD PLANS TO MEET HOUSING TARGETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
COLWOOD - The City of Colwood has reported that it is on track to meet the Provinces mandated target of 940 new housing units within the next five years according to current residential construction...
CRD DISTRIBUTES OVER $2.7 MILLION IN ARTS FUNDING
VICTORIA - This year, the Capital Regional District (CRD) Arts & Culture Support Service (Arts Service) has awarded 101 grants totalling $2,738,370 to support local not-for-profit arts...
REFORESTATION HAMPERED BY UNCERTAINTY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Last year alone, nearly three million hectares of forests were burned in BC wildfires – areas that must be replanted to support important ecosystems, sustain wildlife and critical...
ICBA ECONOMICS: WHICH INDUSTRIES DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN B.C.?
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - Preliminary estimates from Statistics Canada show that B.C.’s economy grew by a modest 1.6% after inflation in 2023, down sharply from...
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR CFB ESQUIMALT MILITARY ACCOMMODATIONS FACILITY
VICTORIA - The Federal Government announced that the new 480-room accommodations facility design work contract at CFB Esquimalt was awarded to Ellis Don Corporation in the amount of $10.1 million....
