NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) Board approved community grants for 27 organizations across the region at the July 9, 2024, board meeting. The value of the community grants awarded...
VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
$6M RENO FOR HOTEL ZED VICTORIA COMPLETED
VICTORIA – Hotel Zed Victoria is moving into the future with a retroactive 1970’s design. The flagship property of the nine-property B.C. hospitality chain has completed a $6 million renovation to...
TLA EDITORIAL: RESILIENCE: A BUZZWORD OR TRUE PATH TO PROSPERITY?
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine BRITISH COLUMBIA - Every few years, we witness new vocabulary emerge into the BC forest sector’s world. The most...
EDITORIAL: PROVINCE SHOULD STOP RELYING ON BOOM-AND-BUST NATURAL GAS REVENUES TO FUND ONGOING PROGRAMS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia government should stop relying on volatile boom-and-bust resource revenues—like the Alberta government—and fundamentally change its fiscal approach, finds a...
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SEE RENEWED FUNDING
BRITISH COLUMBIA - UBCM, the Province of B.C. and the federal government have announced that a new administrative agreement has been signed to renew the delivery of the Canada Community-Building...
MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES (MSIS) DRIVING TIME-LOSS CLAIMS WITH WORKSAFEBC
MSIs have resulted in more than $2 billion in claim costs in the last five years BRITISH COLUMBIA — WorkSafeBC is drawing attention to the impact of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) in B.C....
STANLEY CUP PARADE COMING TO VICTORIA
VICTORIA - If all goes as planned, Victoria will finally get its Stanley Cup parade in honour of the last team from B.C. to win the coveted trophy 100 years earlier. In 1925, the Western Canada...
BC’S EXPANDED HEAT-PUMP PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA – B.C.’s expanded heat-pump program is now taking applications with savinsg up to $24,000 when making the switch. The CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program is open and is...
BC HYDRO EXPANDING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER ISLAND – BC Hydro has announced it will build more than $3 billion in capital projects on Vancouver Island over the next decade to upgrade and expand the electricity grid and provide clean...
JUNE 2024 LABOUR FORCE REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the June 2024 Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada, a BCREA Report stated that Canadian employment was largely unchanged from the previous month, contracting by...
BCBC: BC SURVIVING, NOT THRIVING SAYS NEW PROSPERITY BENCHMARKING REPORT
By Braden McMillan, Business Council of British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA - According to the 2024 B.C. Prosperity Index, released today by the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC), B.C....
GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR EV CHARGERS ACROSS CANADA
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is taking action to make it more affordable for Canadians to purchase, charge and drive electric vehicles (EVs) across the country while driving toward a net-zero...
UNIQUE NEW LONG-TERM CARE HOME OPENS IN COMOX VALLEY
COMOX VALLEY – Providence Living at The Views, an innovative long-term care home in the Comox Valley has opened its door to residents as of July 8, 2024. Providence Living at The Views, located at...
BCREA: LANDLORDS TAKE NOTICE – RECENT AMENDMENTS TO BC TENANCY LEGISLATION #574
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC residential rental market has been a very hot topic lately in many different business and social circles. Restrictions imposed on the short-term rental market have taken...
URGENT AND PRIMARY CARE CENTRE COMING SOON TO COWICHAN
DUNCAN –Duncan and the surrounding area will soon benefit from having better access to team-based longitudinal and urgent primary care through a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC). The...
COFI: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine By Linda Coady BRITISH COLUMBIA - A dramatic drop in harvest levels is putting the benefits created by BC’s forest...