Nanaimo Honda Re-opens In New Building On Bowen Road NANAIMO - Serious Coffee has been sold by Steve Brown to Wayne Procter, owner of Gas n Go Petroleum and General Stores & Markets, Omni Food...
VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
ADVISORY: SET YOUR TEAM UP FOR SUCCESS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - In today’s world, we live in a diverse environment in terms of culture, race, demographics and experience. Diversity at work brings in creativity, innovation, empathy, and social...
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IS FOCUS FOR GROWING ECOFISH RESEARCH
NANAIMO – As environmental awareness has increased over the past decades, so has business for Ecofish Research Ltd. President Adam Lewis, who founded the company in his basement in Richmond in 2001...
Commonhouse Design Inc.: New Name and a New Partner For Comox Valley Firm
COURTENAY – John Gower has built a solid reputation designing new homes and buildings for clients in the Comox Valley for over a decade, and now his firm has a new name and a partner. John Gower...
BCREA: SOFTENING HOME SALES BUT PRICES REMAIN FIRM ACROSS BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 4,630 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) systems in November...
Canada’s Forest Sector Key to Tackling Housing Crisis While Bolstering Climate Resiliency
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadians are facing a housing dilemma. We must build 5.8 million affordable homes by 2030, triple our current building capacity. And while party leaders and voters across the...
Bank of Canada Holds at 5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%. The Bank is continuing its policy of quantitative tightening....
BC Airports Receiving Funding to Improve Safety
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadians rely on safe and well-maintained local and regional airports to provide essential air services, including community resupply, air ambulance, search and rescue, and...
BC Lions To Host 2024 Touchdown Pacific In Victoria Aug. 31
VICTORIA – The Canadian Football League (CFL), the BC Lions and the City of Victoria are proud to announce an exciting next step in growing the game across Canada: Touchdown Pacific. “This is a...
Tiičma Fisheries to Expand Aquaculture Operations with New Facility
COURTENAY – A new secure logistics and staging facility at Fair Harbour, in Kyuquot Sound, will allow Tiičma Fisheries to reduce its transportation costs and expand its shellfish aquaculture...
Green Coast Heat Pumps Leads Team To Help Little League Baseball
CENTRAL SAANICH – Teamwork between two local companies has resulted in some great news for Little League baseball teams in Central Saanich. Green Coast Heat Pumps Inc. owner Darcy Cross pulled in...
Deep-Ocean Argo Floats Expand Climate Impact Monitoring in NE Pacific
VICTORIA - Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has expanded the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with the deployment of new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down...
HOUSING MARKET WINDING DOWN TO YEAR-END ON A SLOW NOTE
NANAIMO – Last month, there were 236 sales of single-family homes in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) area, down two per cent from last November and three per cent from October. Sales...
Russel Metals to Expand Western Canadian Footprint
SURREY - Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, a metals distributor and industrial products manufacturer, announced the initiation of an agreement to sell its Western Canadian and U.S. carbon plate...
2024 Marks 20 Years of Dine Around and Stay in Town Promotion in Victoria
VICTORIA – One of Greater Victoria’s favourite food festivals returns in 2024, providing locals and visitors alike an opportunity to enjoy the region’s world-class culinary scene and make a night of...
CFIB: Labour Shortages Cost Canadian Small Businesses Over $38 Billion in Lost Revenue Opportunities
OTTAWA – Small businesses in Canada missed over $38 billion in revenue opportunities last year because they had to turn down or postpone contracts or sales due to labour shortages, finds a new...