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BUILDERS CODE TRAINING FOR IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION CULTURE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Looking back on five years of the British Columbia Construction Association’s (BCCA) Builders Code program is a chance to evaluate where we are as an industry, appreciate how far...
NEW RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR BC’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: BUILDERS LIFE TALENTCENTRAL
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Today, the BC Construction Association (BCCA) launched a new online job board tailored for the construction industry, which allows job seekers to be efficiently matched with...
MARCH GDP REMAINS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian real GDP was essentially unchanged in March, following a 0.2 per cent increase in February. Both goods and services sectors were unchanged from February. Residential...
NEW INITIATIVE CALLS ON BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO STAND UP FOR FORESTRY
BRITISH COLUMBIA – A new grassroots initiative is encouraging British Columbians to be better informed on B.C’.s forest sector and take action through various activities including online letters and...
FUNDING ENABLES DESTINATION BC TO COMPLETE NEW COMMUNITY TOURISM PLANS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Destination BC, with the support of PacifiCan, announced the completion of 11 new community tourism plans, representing mostly small and rural communities across the province,...
EDITORIAL: SLOWING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IS JUVENILE REASONING FOR ATTAINING CLIMATE GOALS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is startling to see that musings and calculated estimations for the future written in this space are coming to pass. In January, 2020, my Business Examiner column warned Canada...
ADVISORY: FUTURE PROOF YOUR BUSINESS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Are you thinking of launching or expanding a business? No matter the size of your organization, there are some questions to consider to help you choose the right business account...
OPINION: YOUNG PEOPLE NEED HOPE
VANCOUVER ISLAND - “Was University a dangerous place when you were there?” That question was posed by a former classmate at our recent 50th high school reunion. My old pal was trying to understand...
KATE GRAY ADDS A WOMAN’S TOUCH TO BUILDING, DESIGNING AND SELLING HOMES
VICTORIA – Since the vast majority of home buying decisions are made by women, it only makes sense to have women involved not only in real estate transactions, but also in building and designing...
BC BRIEFS – MAY 31, 2024
BCCA Secures Extended Funding from LNG Canada BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC Construction Association (BCCA) announces a two-year extension to its current collaboration with LNG Canada to deliver the...
MORENOT CANADA UNDERWATER DRONES HELPFUL IN AQUACULTURE, OTHER INDUSTRIES
CAMPBELL RIVER – Drones have become part of normal life, surveying the land below from the sky. But how about underwater drones? Morenot Canada became the B.C. distributor and servicer of Chasing –...
C.D. HOWE: CALLS FOR BANK OF CANADA TO LOWER OVERNIGHT RATE TO 4.75 PERCENT, CUT TO 3.50 PERCENT BY JUNE 2025
OTTAWA - The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) calls for the Bank of Canada to lower its target for the overnight rate, its benchmark policy interest rate, to 4.75 percent at its...
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS CALL FOR PROMPT PAYMENT LEGISLATION
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Electrical Contractors Association of British Columbia (ECABC) is asking BC’s political parties to commit to enacting prompt payment legislation as soon as possible, to bring...
PRIVATE CLINICS HELPED SASKATCHEWAN REDUCE MEDIAN MEDICAL WAIT TIMES BY NEARLY 50%
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Private clinics were a key component in the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative (SSI), which reduced waiting times by 47 per cent between 2010 and 2014, finds a new study published...
NANAIMO COLUMN: ATLAS EXPANDS IN UNITED STATES AND ONTARIO
Steve Marshall Ford Buys Auto Dealerships In Hawaii NANAIMO - Atlas Engineered Products President and CEO Hadi Abassi has announced that the company has partnered with Westhaven Builders on a...