Certn Will Virtually Represent Canada In Lisbon, Vying For The Crown As The 2021 Global Tech Innovator VICTORIA - Certn, a Victoria-based startup that provides real-time background checks for...
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Nexii Building Solutions Reaches Unicorn Status
Nexii Becomes Fastest Canadian Company To Reach Unicorn Status BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canadian green construction technology company, Nexii Building Solutions Inc., announced it has reached unicorn...
Social Media Camp Offers Virtual Summit For Non-Profits
VICTORIA - While the pandemic has twice forced the cancelation of Social Media Camp (SMC), Canada’s largest social media conference, the team at SMC have continued to provide educational...
From The Trenches: Parker Kump of TUFF Media
Episode Summary Parker Kump, owner of TUFF Media, joins host John MacDonald on the latest From The Trenches episode. Their conversation covers all things online marketing for business. Parker is...
Province Rolls Out BC Vaccine Card
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Province is launching the BC Vaccine Card, a digital or printed document that shows the stage cardholders are at in their COVID-19 vaccine progress. The BC Vaccine Card will...
One Step Closer To A Home Equity Tax
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Every Canadian politician will solemnly swear on a stack of real estate flyers that there will never ever be a home equity tax, but Canadians are rightly worried that governments...
Business Council Of BC Releases Second BC Business Confidence Survey
BC’s Large Firms See Better Economic Conditions And Changes To The World Of Work Ahead BRITISH COLUMBIA – Decision-makers from British Columbia’s largest and leading businesses anticipate faster...
August Victoria Movers & Shakers
VICTORIA - Andrew Petter of Arvay Finlay LLP, and former Attorney General for the Province of BC has been to the Order of British Columbia, the Province’s highest form of recognition. The City of...
Seaspan Shipyards Collaborates With BC Tech
Collaboration Grows Diverse Tech Talent Pool In BC BRITISH COLUMBIA - – Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has announced a collaboration with BC Tech to support the Association’s Digital Lift program. The...
Making Background Checks Easy for Small Business with Certn Lime
Mobile Screening Process Enables Faster, Fact-Based Decision-Making for Better Hiring VICTORIA – Certn, a British Columbia-based leader in background screening solutions, today announced the general...
Victoria Housing Market Continues To Adapt
VICTORIA - A total of 831 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this August, 15.1 per cent fewer than the 979 properties sold in August 2020 and 0.5 per cent fewer than the...
Victoria Health Consulting Firm Acquired By Accenture
Accenture Acquires Gevity to Bolster Health Transformation Service Capabilities in Canada VICTORIA - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Gevity, a strategy and consulting service provider focused on...
Grants Fund Local Governments For Affordable Housing Processes
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Forty-three local governments throughout British Columbia are receiving grants to create more efficient development approvals processes that will help people get the homes they...
BCREA: Commercial Real Estate Sector Employment Rose Substantially
Ongoing Economic Recovery Drives Q2 CLI Higher BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BCREA Commercial Leading Indicator (CLI) rose from 150 to 155 in the second quarter of 2021, representing the fourth...
Surge Battery Metals Begins Exploration On Vancouver Island
PORT HARDY - Surge Battery Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NILI) has begun its fall exploration program at the Caledonia Copper – Silver Project in Northern Vancouver Island, 15 km southwest of Port Hardy,...
KPMG: Nearly 70 Per Cent Of Canadian Businesses Struggling To Find Skilled Talent
Tech Skills A Top Priority For Employers: KPMG Business Outlook Poll BRITISH COLUMBIA - The COVID-19 pandemic compelled many Canadian businesses to adopt a digital-first mindset to survive, but most...