OTTAWA - Business sentiment and sales growth expectations have stopped falling this quarter, according to firms responding to the Business Outlook Survey and the Business Leaders’ Pulse, the Bank of...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN BUSINESS NEWS
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 28, 2024
Location: Summerland (mixed-use dev) Address: 9514 and 9518 Julia St - Condominiums - Hotel Description: New mixed use development - 2 structures - 6 storey condominium building, 84 units, 1 and 2...
EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS WELCOME NEW PENTICTON CHAMBER PRESIDENT
PENTICTON - The Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Jordan Knox has been elected as this year’s President. Currently the Operations Manager at Penticton...
NEW FOCUS FOR LONG-TIME BUILDER WITH NUE VISTA DEVELOPMENTS
KELOWNA – After two successful decades in the construction industry, Dave Dacosta decided he wanted to try something Nue. The owner of Conroy Exteriors started DTD Developments, an award winning...
KELOWNA DEALERSHIPS WIN GREEN STAR DEALER AWARDS
KELOWNA – Kelowna Chevrolet and Valley Mitsubishi of Kelowna have earned Green Star Dealer Awards at the Vancouver International Auto Show March 21. The Green Star Awards recognize New Car Dealers...
MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 28, 2024 – BUSINESS EXAMINER THOMPSON OKANAGAN
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KELOWNA Chris Trickett has been appointed as the newest Associate Consultant to the Private Wealth Management team at Gibbings & Associates. Storm...
SHORT TERM RENTALS IN HOTELS, MOTELS OKAYED
VICTORIA – Hotels and motels are exempted from the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act introduced by the NDP government last fall. The province announced regulations that are intended to provide...
BCREA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2024-2025: TIM AYRES LEADS PROVINCIAL REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) announced that Sooke Realtor Tim Ayres has been elected as its 2024-2025 Chair at the BCREA Annual Meeting on March 26, 2024....
BC PROJECTED TO SEE NEAR-TERM LABOUR MARKET CHALLENGES AS EMPLOYMENT DEMANDS RISE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Construction activity contracted slightly in British Columbia in 2023 as a gain in non-residential construction investment was not enough to offset a loss in activity in the...
BCCA SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERS $15.725M IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO BC’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) announced today that it has completed delivery, ahead of schedule and within budget, on the most far-reaching construction trade...
BLACK PRESS EMERGES FROM CCAA PROTECTION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Black Press Ltd. and certain of its subsidiaries, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of the Company to Canso Investment Counsel Ltd., Deans Knight...
SKY HIGH COST OF DOING BUSINESS TOP PRIORITY FOR THREE IN FOUR SMALL BUSINESSES
OTTAWA – With less than a month to go before the federal government tables its budget on April 16, Ottawa needs to be laser-focused on reducing the cost of doing business, says the Canadian...
REES NDT INSPECTION SERVICES: NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND MORE
NORTHERN BC/GRANDE PRAIRIE – Rees NDT Inspection Services has earned its reputation for providing Non Destructive Testing (NDT), over the 46 years the company has been in business, but they also...
B.C. VINEYARDS, ORCHARDS RECEIVE HELP TO REPLANT
BRITISH COLUMBIA – More B.C. farmers producing grapes, cherries, tree fruit and berries will receive support to replant their vineyards, farms and orchards. A new enhanced replant program will...
KELOWNA COUNCIL ENDORSES 2024 BUDGET CARRYOVERS
KELOWNA - Kelowna City Council approved the City’s 2024 carryover budget requests at the Monday, March 18 regular Council meeting. The $279 million carryover budget includes the previously approved...
FILL STORES KICKING PLASTIC TO THE CURB
OKANAGAN - FILL - Vernon and FILL – Kelowna have saved an astounding 381,911 plastic containers from the landfill – the equivalent to 168 hockey rinks full of plastic – to fulfill part of their...