BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the pilot secondary-suite incentive program will no longer be accepting applications after March 30, 2025 due to financial constraints, also...
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BCREA: JANUARY 2025 RETAIL SALES REPORT AND MORTGAGE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 4.2 per cent....
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORM
OTTAWA - With the federal election underway, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is releasing its small business platform with 13 key recommendations on improving Canada’s...
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE ARRIVES IN CITY OF PENTICTON
PENTICTON - The Western Hockey League has arrived. "We're thrilled with the announcement today that the Western Hockey League is bringing the top tier of junior hockey to Penticton," says Mayor...
BCBC: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL: DRIVING CANADIAN PROSPERITY THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Western Business Coalition has launched its first major initiative – Untapped Potential – Driving Canadian Prosperity Through Natural Resources – to unlock the economic...
CRACKDOWN ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IS GUTTING CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Move to curb international students is undermining post-secondary institutions and weakening the economy OTTAWA - Canada isn’t just facing bad news from the ever-changing chaos south of the border;...
KELOWNA CHAMBER SEES GROWING MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS AMID ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce is experiencing unprecedented membership growth in the first quarter of 2025, despite the continuing uncertainty being felt by businesses in the Okanagan....
KELOWNA CHAMBER PROMOTES POSITIVE CHANGE FOR BC’S DISTILLERY INDUSTRY
KELOWNA - The Kelowna Chamber has amped up its call to the B.C. Government to make some long-awaited changes to its regulations around the production and sale of distilled spirits. The tariffs...
CITY OF VERNON LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE MAP TO TRACK DEVELOPMENTS
VERNON - The City of Vernon has launched a new interactive online tool that gives the public an opportunity to view active development applications, including Official Community Plan (OCP)...
KAMLOOPS CHAMBER WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the election of its 2025–2026 Board of Directors and the appointment of its new Board President, Sara Lawson of...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 20, 2025
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KELOWNA Patricia Jelinski, the former general manager of BC Place Stadium, has been appointed as the new vice president of sales, sports, and...
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 20, 2025
Location: Oliver (multi-family new) Address: 6480 Park Dr - Condominiums Description: New condominium development - 3 storeys - 12 units - 1 to 3 bedroom unit - approx 16,845 sf total - board and...
ICBA ECONOMICS: UPDATE ON AN UNWANTED TRADE WAR – PART 2
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist, the following op-ed first ran in the Toronto Sun on March 4,2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is hard to keep track of the on-again, off-again cross-border tariff...
FCC: CANADA’S FARMLAND VALUES CONTINUED TO CLIMB IN 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, slightly less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to...
BCREA: HOUSING STARTS FALL IN FEBRUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts fell by 4 per cent to 229,030 units in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were down 12 per cent from the same month last year....
CREA: TARIFF UNCERTAINTY KEEPING HOOME BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES
OTTAWA - Canadian home sales fell sharply from January to February, as home buyers remained on the sidelines in the first full month of the ongoing trade war with the United States. Sales activity...