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Former Chemainus Resident Has Big Vision For Blaine, WA
Ex-Chemainus Theatre Marketing Director Mulder Helping Transform Border Town BLAINE, WA – Chemainus is known as “The Little Town That Did”. Mike Mulder, the original Marketing Director at...
Nanaimo Receives Childcare Funding
NANAIMO – Thousands of families in 34 BC communities will soon have access to quality, licensed child care, as the Province marks a new milestone in its Childcare BC plan. “Despite the challenges...
July Victoria Movers And Shakers
The University of Victoria (UVic) has appointed Ry Moran to serve as its inaugural reconciliation librarian. Moran is current the director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation...
Kinsol Timber Systems Bringing Wood Buildings To Life
Mill Bay Company Helps Clients Design And Build Wood Featured Projects MILL BAY – Each piece of wood tells a story, through its grain, beauty and where it comes from. Kinsol Timber Systems is built...
New Permanent Supportive Homes Coming To City Of Campbell River
CAMPBELL RIVER - The Province, through BC Housing, is partnering with the City of Campbell River to build 50 new permanent supportive homes for people experiencing homelessness in the community....
CRA Announces Extension To Payment Deadline And Interest Relief
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation, and is committed to supporting Canadians throughout it. The CRA understands that individuals and businesses might be...
Nominations Open For Vernon Chamber Business Excellence Awards
VERNON – We have all experienced demonstrations of inspiration, determination, adaptability and innovation in recent months, and it’s these frontline achievements Greater Vernon residents are urged...
Archipelago Marine Research Completes Management Buyout
VICTORIA – Archipelago Marine Research, a global provider of marine resource management products and services, announced the completion of a management buyout with the senior leadership group,...
Redesigned Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant and decisive action through Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan to support Canadians and protect jobs during the global...
Wholesale Liquor Pricing For Restaurants Now In Effect
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Measures enacted by the Province in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that temporarily allow restaurants and pubs to purchase beer, wine and spirits at wholesale cost instead of...
Tsunami Modelling Project Awarded For The Northwest Coast Of Vancouver Island
PRINCE RUPERT – The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is pleased to announce that five companies are being honoured for their outstanding participation in its Green Wave environmental incentive...
Northwest Hydraulics Consultants Awarded For The Northwest Coast Of Vancouver Island
CAMPBELL RIVER – The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) in partnership with the Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k:tles7et’h’ First Nations and Nuchatlaht First Nation are funding high-resolution tsunami...
Microcredentials To Play A Vital Role In South Island’s Economic Recovery
VICTORIA - South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP) has been selected as the Vancouver Island community partner for the summer 2020 Digital Marketing Bootcamp, a micro-credential program to be...
Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association Founding Signatory Future of Tourism Coalition
KELOWNA - The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) has become a founding signatory with the Future of Tourism Coalition. As world tourism begins recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19...
The Skilled Trades Are Better With Women Amongst The Ranks
A Changing Wind In Construction Creates Opportunities For Talented Tradeswomen VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Whether actively or subconsciously, through decades of entrenched systemic exclusion and...
Living Stones Delivers Thoughtful Design And Public Service To The BC Landscape
With An Above-And-Beyond Mission, Living Stones Thinks Locally And Acts Globally CROFTON - Beginning in 2006 as the tenacious two-man operation of Ryan Politano and Ken Pesch, Living Stones focused...
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