DUNCAN – A total of 12,400 workers were added between September 2023 and September 2024 in the Vancouver Island and Coast region, which excludes Greater Victoria. The findings were included in BC...
VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
VOYAGE LIQUOR MERCHANTS ACQUIRES THREE THRIFTY LIQUOR STORES ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Voyage Liquor Merchants has announce its acquisition of three Thrifty Foods Liquor stores in Courtenay, Ganges, and Mill Bay. These previously Sobeys-owned stores will officially...
RECENT B.C. GOVERNMENT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT GREW BY 22% VS 0.5% GROWTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
BRITISH COLUMBIA - BC’s net job creation from 2019-23 has been driven almost exclusively by growth in government employment rather than the private sector, at 22 per cent and 0.5 per cent over the...
BC CHAMBER ISSUES LETTER TO LEADERS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following announcement of the provincial election results on October 28, 2024, the BC Chamber of Commerce together with other business and industry associations released the...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 30, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND A recent tax auction in Port Alice resulted in the acquisition of the Quatsino Hotel and parking lot. Cafe Guido & Co is hosting...
CRITICAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY & COST OF DOING BUSINESS DEMAND URGENT RESPONSE FROM NEW NDP GOVERNMENT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Business Improvement Areas of BC (BIABC) are calling on the newly elected NDP Government to move with urgency to address a number of critical issues impacting public safety and...
BCREA: AUGUST RETAIL SALES SHOW POSITIVE SIGNS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August from the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales are also up by 1.4 per cent. However,...
REDBRICK FOUNDER NAMED ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR FOR PACIFIC REGION
VICTORIA – Redbrick CEO and founder Tobyn Sowden has been named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 Pacific Overall Award winner at an October 26 gala celebration in Vancouver....
YELLOW SHEET VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: OCTOBER 29, 2024
View Royal - 1 Hospital Way (institutional add/alter) Electrical Energy Centre - VGH Owner: Vancouver Island Health Authority - Victoria Ph: 250-370-8912 Facilities Design & Construction...
OTTAWA’S PLAN TO DECARBONIZE CANADA’S ELECTRICITY WOULD REQUIRE EQUIVALENT OF 23 SITE C HYDROELECTRIC DAMS
OTTAWA —The federal government’s plan to make all electricity generation in Canada carbon-free by 2035 is impractical and highly unlikely, given physical, infrastructure, financial and regulatory...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 24 2024
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC BRITISH COLUMBIA Steve Mackie will take over as Canfor Pulp's president and chief executive officer on November 1, 2024. In his role as Canfor Corporation's...
QUALITY SPACES IN CONVENIENT PLACES
Advertising Feature BRITISH COLUMBIA - Marcus Lowe is the President and Co-founder of Pockit Self Storage. Launched in 2017 in partnership with Hungerford Properties, one of Western Canada’s leading...
VANCOUVER ISLAND MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE TRIALLING HIBOOP APP ASSESSMENT TOOL
VICTORIA - HiBoop, a new mental health assessment platform designed to assist healthcare providers, has launched its 3-month Clinical Pilot Program in partnership with The Healing Institute. The...
CFIB: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CALLING ON FEDS TO SCRAP CAPITAL GAINS TAX INCREASE
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and 20 other industry organizations have sent a letter to Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, calling on the federal government to...
KPMG SURVEY: CROSS-BORDER CONCERNS WITH LOOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
OTTAWA - As the U.S. election approaches, most (87 per cent) Canadian business leaders fear that the Canadian economy could become ‘collateral damage’ from growing American protectionism that would...
BANK OF CANADA RATE REDUCED TO 3.75%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3¾%, with the Bank Rate at 4% and the deposit rate at 3¾%. The Bank is continuing its policy of balance sheet...