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...
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THOMPSON OKANAGAN BUSINESS NEWS
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...
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 7, 2025
Location: City of West Kelowna (institutional new) Address: 3770 Elliott Rd, New George Pringle Secondary - SD23 Description: New secondary school to accommodate approx 1,200 students - 3 storeys -...
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...
KELOWNA CHOOSES OAK VIEW GROUP TO OPERATE PROSPERA PLACE AND MNP PLACE
KELOWNA – Prospera Place, the city’s major sports and entertainment venue and home of the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets, and the MNP Place indoor sports facility will be operated by Oak...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 4, 2025
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KAMLOOPS MINISO Canada announced its expansion with a new store opening at Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops. A consortium of five First Nations in the...
KAMLOOPS CHAMBER CELEBRATES ANNUAL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the 39th Annual Business Excellence Awards, presented by MNP, Premier Sponsor. The gala, held on...
KELOWNA CHAMBER: TROIKA NAMED LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
KELOWNA - Four hundred business and community leaders were on hand as Troika was named the 2025 Large Business of the Year at the 38th Annual Kelowna Chamber Business Excellence Awards on Thursday...
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...
OKANAGAN VALLEY CHAMBERS EXPAND WORKING COUNCIL
KELOWNA - This week, two more chambers of commerce signed the Memorandum of Understanding already in force between The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Westside Board of Trade – renaming...