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...
VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN BC HYDRO PROJECTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The federal government has announced it is investing more than $156.8 million in eight BC Hydro infrastructure projects across the province. The funding is provided through the...
CFIB: ANSWERS NEEDED BEOFRE ELECTION CALL
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) welcomes Ottawa’s decision to scrap the carbon tax but is concerned about some important outstanding carbon, capital and alcohol tax...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 17, 2025
VICTORIA - 395 St Charles St (multi-family new) Townhouses - Missing Middle Initiative Architect: StudioPA - Victoria Ph: 250-475-2702 heather@studiopa.ca Developer: Tir Properties Ltd -...
BELLEVILLE TERMINAL PHASE 2 STARTS SPRING OF 2025
VICTORIA - Phase 1 of the Belleville Terminal Redevelopment Project is complete, marking a significant step toward the construction of a new, state-of-the-art pre-clearance terminal building for...
ICBA ECONOMICS: UPDATE ON AN UNWANTED TRADE WAR – PART 1
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...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 14, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Surrey's Gate 22 Winery has officially acquired Adega on 45th Estate Winery in Osoyoos. The winery will be managed by the women-led leadership team which...
BCREA: BANK OF CANADA OVERNIGHT POLICY RATE CUT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Bank of Canada lowered its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points this morning from 3 per cent to 2.75 per cent. In the statement accompanying the decision, the Bank noted...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 12, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND Jennifer Lash, a long-time resident of Sointula who most recently served as a Senior Advisor to the Minister of the Environment, has...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 12, 2024
NANAIMO - 340 Campbell St (multi-family new) Apartments Architect: Urban Solutions Architecture - Vancouver Ph: 604-261-6106 admin@urbansolutionsarch.ca Developer: Primex Investments Ltd - Vancouver...
PACIFICAN $6.4 MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT BUSINESS GROWTH
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Seven BC organizations were the recipients of PacifiCan funding to further drive business growth and support economic development. Three of the organizations received a total of...
BCREA: TARIFF UNCERTAINTY SLOWS FEBRUARY HOUSING ACTIVITY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 4,947 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems in February 2025, down 9.7...
NAVIGATING TARIFFS WITH CONFIDENCE: HOW EXPORT NAVIGATOR SUPPORTS B.C. BUSINESSES
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Expanding into international markets presents exciting opportunities for British Columbia businesses, but it also brings complex challenges—none more pressing than tariffs....
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 11, 2025
VICTORIA - 1789 Emerson St (multi-family new) Houseplex Owner: Emerson Missing Middle Solutions - Victoria Ph: 250-532-0282 dale@developwithdale.ca Architect: Hearth Architectural - Vancouver Ph:...
FIVE B.C. COMPANIES SEE AGRICULTURE FUNDING FOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Canadian Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food are funding 119 project across Canada to help keep farmers on the cutting edge with clean technologies through their...
FEBRUARY 2025 LABOUR FORCE SURVEY RESULTS
OTTAWA - Labour Force results for Feburary 2025 are in and employment was virtually unchanged following three consecutive monthly increases totalling 211,000 (+1.0%) in November, December and...