BRITISH COLUMBIA - The trend in housing starts was 280,779 units in May 2021, up slightly from 278,462 units in April 2021, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend...
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CPABC: CMHC Says Annual Pace Of Housing Starts Rose 3.2 Per Cent In May
BRITISH COLUMBIA – According to BC Check-Up: Live, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on demographic and affordability trends across the...
BC To Support Temporary Patios Going Permanent
VICTORIA - More than 2,000 temporary patios authorized to serve liquor during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply to become permanent under amended provincial liquor regulations. This includes...
BC Prepares To Safely Move To Step 2
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Beginning on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, British Columbia will take the next step in safely bringing people back together, transitioning into Step 2 of BC’s Restart plan, including...
BC Smaller Communities To Benefit From Funding
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Government of Canada is investing $693,626 in 15 new projects in British Columbia communities through the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), delivered by the...
BCREA: Strong Demand, Dwindling Supply for BC Housing Markets
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 12,638 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in May 2021, an...
Coldwater Communications Expands To Okanagan
KELOWNA - Coldwater Communications, a Squamish-based public relations and communications agency, has expanded to the Okanagan by adding a team member, Rie Stadnichuk, from the region. “We are...
BCREA: Bank Of Canada Interest Rate Announcement
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Bank of Canada maintained its overnight rate at 0.25 per cent this morning, a level it considers its effective lower bound. The Bank reiterated what it calls "extraordinary...
Interior Health Launches Mobile Immunization Clinics
KELOWNA - Interior Health’s #journey2immunity has kicked into high gear with the introduction of mobile immunization clinics that will travel across the Interior Health region to target rural and...
CFIB: Sharply Rising Business Logistics Worries Could Soon Mean Higher Prices
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Supply chain delays and interruptions are increasingly impacting small business operations and will result in higher prices, warns the Canadian Federation of Independent Business...
Healthier Okanagan Real Estate Market On The Horizon
KELOWNA – Residential real estate sales across the region from Revelstoke to Eastgate Manning Park and into the South Peace River region is showing signs of calming after months of record highs,...
Province’s Additional Funding For Business Recovery Grant
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province is adding millions in additional funding to keep the Small and Medium Sized Business Recovery Grant operating until the expected start of Step 3 of BC’s Restart plan...
C.D. Howe: Bank of Canada Should Keep Overnight Rate
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) recommends that the Bank of Canada keep its target for the overnight rate, its benchmark policy interest rate, at 0.25 per...
Policies Passed at BC Chamber AGM Will Help Businesses Compete, Innovate, and BE Inclusive
BRITISH COLUMBIA - On May 28-29, 2021, Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade from across the province gathered online at the 69th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the BC Chamber of...
CFIB: Rent And Wage Subsidies Are Set To Drop In July
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The phasing out of federal small business subsidies for rent and wages is set to begin on July 3, while small businesses face fresh or renewed lock downs in much of the country,...
From The Trenches Podcast 21: Greg D’Avignon
Greg D'Avignon is the President and CEO of the Business Council of British Columbia. In Part 2 of our conversation he talks about child care, BC's secret superpower, provincial and federal budgets,...
