BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales rose 0.6 per cent to $67.6 billion in October from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are up by 1.5 per cent. Furthermore,...
VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
NORTH COWICHAN AND COWICHAN TRIBES REACH DEAL FOR SALE OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY
VALLEY – North Cowichan and Cowichan Tribes have reached a deal for the purchase of the 1.7 hectare (2.9 acre) site at 6060 Canada Avenue (the former RCMP detachment property) for $1,200,000....
BCREA: MORTGAGE RATE FORECAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Prior to the US presidential election, the outlook for Canadian mortgage rates seemed relatively clear. The Bank of Canada’s overnight policy rate was on a glide path to reach...
COMOX STRATHCONA WASTE MANAGEMENT SIGNS LANDFILL GAS PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH FORTISBC
COMOX VALLEY - The Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) recently announced the signing of a Landfill Gas Purchase Agreement (Agreement) with FortisBC Energy Inc. that intends to upgrade landfill...
INTEGRATED MARKETPLACE INITIATIVE FUNDS SUPPORT BC INDUSTRIES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Through the Province’s Integrated Marketplace program delivered by Innovate BC, Prince Rupert-based Gitxaala Environmental Services (GES) has been awarded $448,355 in funding to...
EMPOWERING GROWTH: HOW THE COWICHAN CHAMBER CHAMPIONS BUSINESS
COWICHAN VALLEY - The Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce is set to guide the region’s business community into 2025 with renewed focus and purpose. At its Annual General Meeting on November 26, the...
COMOX VALLEY CHAMBER: 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
COMOX VALLEY - As we reflect on 2024, the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce is proud to celebrate a year of growth, innovation, and impactful engagement. Together with our members and partners, we’ve...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS DECEMBER 18, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND The town council of Port McNeill has been consulted over the possible closure of Cheslakees Elementary School, which would take...
SOLID THIRD QUARTER FOR NANAIMO-BASED ATLAS
NANAIMO - Atlas Engineered Products posted third quarter revenue of $16.5 million, which represents a 15 percent year over year increase. Wall Panel revenue increased 120 percent year over year, and...
BIGFOOT CRANE ACADEMY TRAINING CRANE OPERATORS ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
On the ground: students learn with hands-on instruction at Bigfoot Crane Academy ABBOTSFORD – Bigfoot Crane Academy is providing boots on the ground training to help crane operators get a better...
CAR GROUP ASKING PROVINCE TO SLOW DOWN ON ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE TARGETS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – There’s a collision coming when radical government policy concerning the electrification of vehicles meets the marketplace in 2026. Ultimately, it will be consumers that will...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN INFLATION REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 1.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 2.0 per cent increase in October....
ICBA: B.C.’s BUSINESS DISADVANTAGE ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA’s VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. BRITISH COLUMBIA - David Eby made his annual visit to the...
COFI RESPONDS TO NDP-GREEN AGREEMENT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Linda Coady, President & Chief Executive Officer of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI), issued the following statement today in response to a commitment to undertake a...
YELLOW SHEET VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: DECEMBER 17, 2024
VICTORIA - 824 Alston St (multi-family new) Apartments Owner: Makola Housing Society - Victoria Ph: 778-401-5025 mhenderson@makoladev.com Architect: Low Hammond Rowe Architects Inc - Victoria Ph:...
BCREA: NOVEMBER CANADIAN HOUSING STARTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts rose 8 per cent to 262,433 units in November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 25 per cent from the same month last year....