News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, a Governor of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, has been appointed as the next Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Sharon...
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BCREA: RETAIL SALES UP .9% IN BC FOR OCTOBER
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales rose 0.6 per cent to $67.6 billion in October from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 1.5 per cent. Furthermore,...
BCREA: MORTGAGE RATE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Prior to the US presidential election, the outlook for Canadian mortgage rates seemed relatively clear. The Bank of Canada’s overnight policy rate was on a glide path to reach...
FRASER VALLEY MOVERS & SHAKERS DECEMBER 18, 2024
Fraser Valley Business News DELTA The DHCH Foundation announced that the art studio within the new Beedie Long Term Care Centre will be renamed the Mary Ann Burrows Art Studio in honour...
SBOT CONCERNED ABOUT CANADA’S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AMID GROWING DEFICIT
SURREY - The Surrey Board of Trade welcomes the measures in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement aimed at spurring innovation and investment. However, concerns remain about Canada’s economic...
LANGLEY CHAMBER: WEAKER GDP AND UNEMPLOYMENT PAVE WAY FOR LATEST INTEREST RATE CUT
LANGLEY - Data for Business’ is an effort of the Langley Chamber, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber, to bring our members reports, stats, and analysis on economic and business data to help...
BIGFOOT CRANE ACADEMY TRAINING CRANE OPERATORS ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
On the ground: students learn with hands-on instruction at Bigfoot Crane Academy ABBOTSFORD – Bigfoot Crane Academy is providing boots on the ground training to help crane operators get a better...
CAR GROUP ASKING PROVINCE TO SLOW DOWN ON ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE TARGETS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – There’s a collision coming when radical government policy concerning the electrification of vehicles meets the marketplace in 2026. Ultimately, it will be consumers that will...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN INFLATION REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 1.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 2.0 per cent increase in October....
ICBA: B.C.’s BUSINESS DISADVANTAGE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA’s VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. BRITISH COLUMBIA - David Eby made his annual visit to the...
COFI RESPONDS TO NDP-GREEN AGREEMENT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Linda Coady, President & Chief Executive Officer of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI), issued the following statement today in response to a commitment to undertake a...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN HOUSING STARTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts rose 8 per cent to 262,433 units in November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 25 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: CANADIAN HOME SALES CONTINUE TO CLIMB IN NOVEMBER
OTTAWA – Home sales activity recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems rose again in November, building on October’s surprise jump. Sales were up 2.8% in November compared to October, and now stand a...
MEI: OTTAWA’S SPENDING SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL WITH $48.3-BILLION SHORTFALL
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s broken pledge to keep the deficit below $40.1 billion for 2023-2024 is one more sign the government has lost control of federal finances, asserts an MEI researcher...
BC FERRIES SUBMITS PLAN TO BUILD FIVE NEW MAJOR VESSELS
VICTORIA - Plans have been submitted to to the BC Ferries Commissioner to build five New Major Vessels (NMVs), which could prove be the largest capital investment in the organizations history. With...
GREEN SHEET FRASER VALLEY BUILDING BRIEFS: DECEMBER 16, 2024
Location: White Rock (multi-family new) Address: 1484 Martin St - Condominiums - Foster Martin - The Landmark Description: New condominium development - 24 storeys - approx 128 units total - 1 to 3...