News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island PORT HARDY/PORT MCNEILL The North Island Community Health Centre Society is receiving support from the Port Hardy Rotary Club in the acquisition of...
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VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESS IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY
COWICHAN VALLEY - Small Business Week has come and gone, but its spirit continues to shine across the Cowichan Valley. Here, small business is more than an economic engine. It is the heart of...
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 5, 2025
North Island development activity continues — new mixed-use, commercial, and redevelopment projects advance across key growth corridors. NANAIMO – 3679 Shenton Rd (mixed-use dev) Apartments –...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 4, 2025
South Island construction moves ahead — affordable housing, mixed-use, and Missing Middle projects highlight regional growth and infill activity SAANNICH – 81 Cadillac Ave (multi-family new)...
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN BC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY PROVINCE-WIDE
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has released its Fall 2025 Stat Pack, a semi-annual report that examines leading economic and labour conditions across British Columbia’s...
REDDEN NETS SPREAD OUT TO CONSTRUCTION, SPORT APPLICATIONS
LANGLEY – As their name implies, Redden Net Custom Nets Limited provides nets. While the company started by providing nets for fishing applications, they have since spread out into many other...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 31, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Eli Brennan, Founder and COO of Moments Hospitality, has been inducted into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame. Samarpith Iyer has been appointed as the new...
MID ISLAND CO-OP BUYS DISCOVERY FOODS
CAMPBELL RIVER – Mid Island Co-op is back in the grocery store business on the North Island, as they have purchased Discovery Foods Limited’s two locations in Campbell River and Oyster River. Mid...
OKIB CULTURAL IMMERSION SCHOOL EARNS TOP BUILDING AWARD
14th Annual REMAX Commercial Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards Held Thursday KELOWNA – The OKIB Cultural Immersion School of Vernon was named the Judges’ Choice Best Overall entry in the...
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATIONS’ PDG BUYS PAIR OF LOWER MAINLAND CASINOS
NANAIMO – River Rock Casino in Richmond and Chances Maple Ridge have been purchased by the Petroglyph Development Group (PDG) a wholly owned corporation of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. PDG’s...
BANK OF CANADA REDUCES RATE TO 2.25%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%. With the effects of US trade...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: OCTOBER 29, 2025
North Island projects advance across health care, housing, and commercial sectors — construction and planning activity steady through fall 2025. NANAIMO – 1200 Dufferin Cres (institutional...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 29, 2025
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island PORT HARDY/PORT MCNEILL The District of Port Hardy is calling on qualified contractors and energy professionals to provide quotes for the design,...
COASTLINE STATION BUILDING HONOURS LANTZVILLE VILLAGE CORE
LANTZVILLE – When cousins Kyle and Randy McNaught, along with their project partners, acquired property on Lantzville Road in June, 2023, they thought long and hard about how to build a project that...
BCREA REPORT: CORE SALES UP IN AUGUST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales increased by 1.0 per cent to $70.4 billion in August compared to the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales were up by 4.9 per...