BRITISH COLLUMBIA - For the past several years, the construction industry has implored the B.C. government to pay its overdue building bills on time. Instead, the cash flow drag continues, as 91...
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BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 25, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Pip Dhaliwal of Freedom Capital Inc, has been recognized as an Excellence Awardee for the Canadian Mortgage Awards for Alternative Broker Specialist of the...
ICBA ECONOMICS: REVIEWING THE 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION PLATFORMS
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - ICBA Economics has scrutinized the election platforms of the two main parties – Mark Carney’s Liberals, and Pierre Poilievre’s...
PROVINCE SUPPORTS FORESTRY-SECTOR MANUFACTURERS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province has announced that the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF), is contributing as much as $11 million toward four forestry-sector capital projects in the province. The...
CAMPBELL RIVER’S FRESHWATER MARINA ACQUIRED BY VERNON’S BRYTON MARINE GROUP
CAMPBELL RIVER – Freshwater Marina in downtown Campbell River was purchased by Vernon-based Bryton Marine Group on April 16, the second major announcement made by North America’s largest private...
PHASE 2 OF BEVAN LIVING WORKPLACE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED IN CUMBERLAND
COMOX VALLEY – There’s a new place to do business, live and play in the Comox Valley, on the Bevan lands. Acciano Development Inc. has unveiled Phase 2 of its Bevan Living Workplace Industrial...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 23, 2024
NANAIMO - 2090 East Wellington Rd (commercial new) Data Centre Architect: dHKarchitects – Nanaimo Ph: 250-585-5810 gth@dhk.ca Developer: Greenvilla Homes – Toronto Ph:...
GREATER VICTORIA CHAMBER CALLS ON BC FERRIES COMMISSIONER TO RETHINK FIFTH VESSEL
VICTORIA – Business people make decisions based on serving their clients as efficiently as possible. We know that the long-term viability of our operations requires us to be prepared for the future....
APRIL 2025 CAPITAL REGION COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE REPORT
By Mike Kozakowski of Citified.ca LANGFORD Homebuyers can now take advantage of a market-leading 35-year mortgage amortization on move in-ready executive homes with suites in Langford’s Westview...
WE’VE SURVIVED WORSE: WHY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SHOULD STAY THE COURSE
VICTORIA - Uncertainty is in the air—but let’s not lose perspective. Headlines about trade wars, policy changes, and interest rate speculation are fuelling anxiety among real estate investors. But...
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 22, 2025
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Brandon Selina has been appointed as the Senior Vice President of Colliers in Victoria. The Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 21, 2025
VICTORIA - 802 Hereward St (multi-family new) Townhouses – Missing Middle Initiative Architect: NBA - Nick Bray Architecture Ltd – Vancouver Ph: 604-900-8238 info@nickbray.ca Designer: Victoria...
BCREA: MARCH 2025 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.3 per cent on a year-over-year basis in March, down from a 2.6 per cent increase in February....
WHY ARE CANADIAN OPINION POLLS ALL OVER THE MAP
Polls show the Liberals ahead, but many Canadians don’t believe it OTTAWA - There was a time when opinion polling was largely taken at face value. While each opinion research firm produced a...
LAKETOWN RANCH: ADAMS FAMILY WORKING TOGETHER IN CONCERTS
By Mark MacDonald, Business Examiner LAKE COWICHAN – Greg Adams loves a challenge. As a former National Hockey League player, the Duncan native thrives on it, and he’s poured all of that energy,...
BCREA: BANK OF CANADA HOLDS RATE NOTING UNCERTAINTY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Bank of Canada held its overnight policy rate at 2.75 per cent this morning. In the statement accompanying the decision, the Bank noted that pervasive uncertainty makes it...