SURREY – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA), Canada’s largest construction association, today condemned Liberal leader Mark Carney’s stated intention to keep the Liberal...
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LEASE EXTENSION MAKES ROOM FOR ASPHALT SHINGLE REPROCESSING FACILITY IN DELTA
DELTA - Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. has announced a 15-year lease extension for its Empower Delta Facility, supporting the firm’s long-term growth strategy to establish a portfolio of asphalt...
EMIL ANDERSON GROUP NAMED BUILDERS CODE CHAMPION AWARD WINNER
KELOWNA – Emil Anderson Group of Kelowna was named a Builders Code Champion Award Winner by the British Columbia Construction Association as part of its launch for April’s Construction and Skilled...
SIMPLE SALES PROCESS LAUNCHES
VERNON - Insight Strategic Sales Consulting, a Vernon based organization dedicated to improving sales, sales management and customer service skills, is pleased to announce the launch of the Simple...
BCREA: CANADIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN JANUARY 2025
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian real GDP increased by 0.4 per cent in January, following a 0.3 per cent increase in December. Service-producing industries grew by 0.1 per cent, while goods-producing...
VERNON-BASED BRYTON MARINE GROUP PURCHASING ALUMACRAFT
VERNON – Bryton Marine Group has signed an agreement with BRP Inc. of Quebec to purchase the assets of its subsidiary, St. Peter, Minnesota-based Alumacraft. Established in 1992, Bryton Marine Group...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 3, 2025
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KELOWNA Brenda Josephs has been named the new General Manager of PARC’s premier residence in Kelowna. Marine Templar founder and CEO Mark Fry, a Kelowna...
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 3, 2025
Location: Kelowna (mixed-use dev) Address: 1521 Union Rd - Condominiums - Commercial - Wilden Market Square - Phase 2 Description: New mix use development - 4 buildings - 6 storeys - 86 condominium...
TLA: TRUMP TARIFFS THREATEN GLOBAL WOOD PRODUCTS TRADE
As seen in Truck LoggerBC Spring 2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA - President Trump's threatened use of tariffs on its key trading partners has started to turn much of the world upside down and what could...
EDITORIAL: IS IT TIME FOR ALBERTA TO PLAY THE CONSTITUTION CARD?
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Could country-wide, east-west pipelines be the thread that holds Canada together? In 1871 Prime Minister John A. MacDonald enticed British Columbia to join the Dominion of Canada...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 28, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Janet Austin, who recently completed seven years of service as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and is now a private citizen, has embraced a new...
ICBA CALL ON PREMIER EBY TO SCRAP ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BILL 7
SURREY—The B.C. NDP Government’s proposed Bill 7 is an unprecedented attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Premier and must be stopped, says Canada’s largest construction association, the...
BCREA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is pleased to announce that Surrey REALTOR® Chris Shields has been installed as its 2025-2026 Chair at the BCREA Annual...
GOVERNANCE CRISIS ADVERSELY AFFECTING B.C.’S HOUSING SUPPLY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canada is facing a crisis in governance that is adversely affecting the housing supply, a point Casey Edge, Executive Director of the Victoria Residential Builders Association,...
BC CHAMBER RESPONDS TO BILL 7 – ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the Government’s recent introduction of Bill 7 - Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, 2025, our President and CEO, Fiona Famulak, penned a letter to...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 27, 2025
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KELOWNA Melissa Tesche has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board. Troika has begun construction on a new...