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Cousins A Commercial Real Estate Pioneer
Jay Cousins Marks 30 Years Selling Industrial, Commercial and Investment Property All Over The Island NANAIMO – Jay Cousins has been a realtor for three decades, and has never sold a house. He’s...
Northern Development Partners With Support Local BC For Gift Card Program
PRINCE GEORGE – Northern Development announced today that it has partnered with Support Local BC to promote the purchase of gift cards from Love Northern BC (LNBC) businesses. Support Local BC...
New Service—Covid19therapy.Ca—Launched On April 27th
VICTORIA - In response to the evolving pandemic, a team of counselling and technology professionals have launched COVID-19 Therapy (covid19therapy.ca)—a service dedicated to connecting registered...
Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Puts Spotlight On All Things Local
The ‘Island Good’ Initiative Brings Island Products And The Companies Who Make Them To The Forefront NANAIMO - Founded in 2006 as an island-wide economic development organization, the Vancouver...
Income Tax And Economic Policies Updates For 2020
Updated April 27, 2020 We are not going to tell you all the details relating to the medical issues of Covid 19, or what steps the BC Ministry of Health is currently recommending – we will...
Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance For Small Businesses Announced
CFIB is pleased to see the federal government move forward with the provinces to implement its Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance. Several provisions that CFIB was looking for were...
Interesting Times
More than half a century ago, in June of 1966, Robert F Kennedy said, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times’. Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are...
Support For Regional Businesses – Introducing The Digital Economy Rapid Response Recovery Program (DER3)
Helping Connect Small And Medium Businesses Who Want To Enter Or Expand Into The “Digital Economy” Now And Post - COVID19 DER3 PROGRAM OVERVIEW In partnership with Island Coastal Economic...
#OK We Got This – Launched by the Okanagan’s Largest Business Network
VERNON - The largest network representing business in the Okanagan is galvanizing its resources and influence to ensure entrepreneurs not only survive Covid-19, but thrive. The Greater Vernon...
DesignWealth Sets Sights on Finance Re-Design
VICTORIA – Lifestyle design is far from most investor’s minds before they put their money to work, but DesignWealth hopes to change that. Birthed from long-time Victoria financial advisory group...
Emergency Wage Subsidy Calculator For Employers
CEWS Applications Accepted April 27th To help employers keep and re-hire workers amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is implementing the Canada Emergency Wage...
Small Business Recovery For Northern BC
Q&A With Northern Development's Director Of Business Development On April 8, 2020, Northern Development announced they had adjusted the Forestry Affected Business (FAB) Consulting Rebate to...
Campbell River’s Support For Local Business Community Pivots During COVID-19
Like so many local businesses, Campbell River’s economic development office has quickly changed how we connect to provide increased support for local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Governments Not Doing Nearly Enough For Small Business During Crisis
Governments siphon off close to 50 per cent of Canadian incomes and they are mandating office and public meeting closures to thwart the COVID-19 crisis. They are trying to protect the public in...
Small Business Needs Additional Support For May Rent
Urgent Need For Provinces To Work With Federal Government To Deliver Rent Relief Small businesses strongly support (93 per cent) the federal government's announcement that it intends to work with...
UVic Donates 200 Litres Of Hand Sanitizer To Island Health
VICTORIA - University of Victoria chemist David Leitch may be working from his home office, but that doesn’t hamper his instinct to pursue scientific discovery to help produce and donate a potential...
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