PRINCE RUPERT - DP World, a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, announced a new partnership with the Gemini Cooperation to enhance cargo operations throughout Canada. Beginning in...
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LOWER MAINLAND 2025 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS ANNOUNCED
VANCOUVER - The property assessments for more than 1,120,000 properties throughout the Lower Mainland, have now been released. Overall, the Lower Mainland's total assessments increased from about $2...
NEW LISTINGS AT 10-YEAR HIGH IN 2024 IN FRASER VALLEY
SURREY - Bank of Canada interest rate cuts that began mid-year were not enough to ease the affordability crisis for many home buyers in the Fraser Valley in 2024, leading to a decline in annual...
ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 FORECAST
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled economic landscape that renders...
MINIMUM RATES INCREASE ON DEC. 31 FOR FARM WORKERS WHO HAND HARVEST CROPS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Minimum piece rates for hand harvesting specified farm crops will increase by 3.9% on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. The increase applies to 15 agricultural crops harvested by hand as...
MNP WELCOMES 21 BDO CANADA OFFICES, PARTNERS, TEAMS, ACROSS FOUR PROVINCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - MNP and BDO, two of Canada’s leading professional services firms, announced today that MNP will acquire a select number of BDO’s Canadian offices, partners and team members,...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS DECEMBER 27, 2024
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...
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...