Small Business Owners Clock In 59 Hours A Week To Make Up For Labour Shortages OTTAWA – The average small business owner works 54 hours a week, the equivalent of an eight-day workweek for most...
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Community Partnership Brings Affordable Housing to Sicamous
SICAMOUS - A partnership between the District of Sicamous, Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Housing Society (EVSCHS) and BC Housing will increase affordable housing opportunities for seniors in...
CD Howe: Housing Prices Driven Up by Barriers to Building in Canadian Cities
OTTAWA – Governments need to take bold action to bring market prices of new housing units more in line with the cost of construction, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Buyers...
Finalists Announced for 2023 Thompson Okanagan Business Excellence Awards
KELOWNA – 82 Finalists have been announced for the 2023 Thompson Okanagan Business Excellence Awards, presented by Pushor Mitchell LLP! Winners will be named June 1st during the awards gala at the...
Twin Creek Media Continues To Hit Their Stride
KELOWNA – Twin Creek Media is taking a moment to smile; the full-service marketing agency in Kelowna, BC has had several successful years that have resulted in growth as well as industry...
Canada’s Cement and Concrete Industry Launches Action Plan to Net-Zero
OTTAWA - The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) – together with its members and partners in the concrete sector – released Concrete Zero, an Action Plan to ensure Canada's cement and concrete...
Changes to BC Strata Property 55+ Bylaws
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Exemption regulations for 55 plus strata properties have been put in place by the BC Government to accommodate people with family structure changes. Taking effect immediately,...
Major Funding And Award For Kelowna’s INCA Renewables
KELOWNA – Good news keeps coming for the Okanagan’s INCA Renewable Technologies. Following on the heels of winning the Products & Materials award from the annual JEC Composites Startup Booster...
Newest Minimum Wage Hike Shows Stunning Ignorance for its Impact On Inflation
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Congratulations, NDP Premier David Eby. You’ve just driven up the price of hamburgers. That’s what you’ve really done by arbitrarily hiking the minimum wage by an astonishing 6.90...
Penticton Chamber Speaks Out
Chamber Believes Penticton Has Already Waited-and-Seen Long Enough; Response to Interior Health’s Request for Observation Period PENTICTON - The Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce...
Voshell Architecture And Design (Vosh) Expands Services To The Okanagan Area
KELOWNA – As the province’s population continues to grow and the economy attempts to find stability amidst a volatile start to the decade, housing continues to be one of the most important issues...
Integrated Fire Protection Expands with New Partnerships
KELOWNA - Classic Fire + Life Safety, an independent provider of fire protection and life safety services, has announced its expansion into Western Canada through new partnerships with Legacy Fire...
MBA Chartered Professional Accountants Have Big Goals
Kelowna-Based Firm Looking To Expand Operations Across Canada KELOWNA – Strategic Director Erik “The Viking” Solbakken challenged the partners of MBA Chartered Professional Accountants to come up...
Omega’s Teamtalk Makes Communication Easier, Less Expensive
KELOWNA – TeamTalk promises to make teamwork easier for companies. Warren Saari, President and CEO of Omega Communications Ltd., has seen what the relatively new “push to talk radio” that works over...
Vernon’s Cobbler’s Rack Shoes and Repairs is all About Soles
Vernon Store Sells and Repairs Shoes, Boots And A Whole Lot More By Mark MacDonald VERNON – The owners of Cobbler’s Rack Shoes and Repairs really care about soles. Old soles. New soles. Soles in...
Hexagon Purus Opens Engineering And Manufacturing Facility In Kelowna
KELOWNA - Hexagon Purus, with its purpose to help drive energy transformation through zero emission solutions, announces the opening of its new engineering and manufacturing facility for battery and...
