LANGLEY – OpenRoad Auto is picking up speed, as the dealership group has become the majority shareholder in Ontario’s NewRoads Automotive Group. This brings together eight NewRoads dealerships with...
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BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 14, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC NORTHERN BC Cascadia Seaweed is expanding into new markets, and is setting up a larger farm and biorefinery near Prince Rupert. A new housing project is...
FORTISBC ENERGY GAINS APPROVAL FOR DELTA TILBURY PROJECT
DELTA – FortisBC Energy Inc. has received approval from the province for its proposed Tilbury LNG Storage Expansion project in Delta. Notification from the British Columbia Utilities Commission...
NCDA: HOW TECH IS CHANGING CAR BUYING IN BC AND WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Buying a vehicle today looks nothing like it did a decade ago and it’s about to change even more. Across British Columbia, auto dealers are investing in new technologies to make...
CPABC: TRADE TENSIONS PUT PROVINCE’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY ON HOLD
By Jack Blackwell Note to readers: Labour Force Survey data for September 2025 was released on October 10, 2025. Headline indicators including employment, unemployment, and labour force...
BC HOUSING MARKET ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS AS 2025 ENDS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 6,374 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems in October 2025, down 10.2...
HELIJET JOINS AEROPLAN POINTS PROGRAM
NANAIMO – Helijet International has joined Aeroplan. This is the first helicopter airline to join the official loyalty and rewards program of Air Canada. Starting today (November 12), passengers...
ICBA ECONOMICS: PERSPECTIVE ON BUDGET 2025
QUICK SUMMARY: Deficits up, debt rising: 2025-26 deficit swells to $78B (vs. $42B forecast), with $55–65B annual shortfalls ahead; debt climbs to $1.53T (~43% of GDP) by 2028–29 despite an...
FVREB: HOME SALES STILL LAG SEASONAL AVERAGES
SURREY – Fraser Valley home sales climbed for the second straight month in October, a sign that some buyers may be responding to steadily easing prices. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board recorded...
SEASPAN SELECTED TO DESIGN U.S. COAST GUARD ARCTIC SECURITY CUTTERS
NORTH VANCOUVER - Seaspan Shipyards and three other companies have been selected to help design six new Arctic Security Cutter ships for the United States Coast Guard. U.S. President Donald J. Trump...
SEAFIRST AND WAYPOINT INSURANCE RE-BRAND UNDER NAVACORD
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Waypoint Insurance and Seafirst Insurance have rebranded under the Navacord national brand of multi-line insurance brokerages. Navacord Corp. officially rebranded six of its...
RIO TINTO PARTNERSHIP GOES UNDERGROUND WITH IDEON
KITIMAT – Rio Tinto Global Partnership has partnered with Ideon Technologies to eliminate the uncertainty of knowing what lies under the earth’s surface geologically speaking. Ideon will apply its...
A STRONG FINISH TO 2025 SETS UP A BRIGHTER 2026 FOR THE BC HOUSING MARKET
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2025 Fourth Quarter Housing Forecast. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in BC are forecast to...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 7, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC NewRoads Automotive Group (NewRoads), an established Ontario dealership group with significant community roots, has been acquired by OpenRoad Auto (OpenRoad),...
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN BC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY PROVINCE-WIDE
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has released its Fall 2025 Stat Pack, a semi-annual report that examines leading economic and labour conditions across British Columbia’s...