BRITISH COLUMBIA – Insurance has become the top operating cost concern for small businesses, and seven in ten report their premiums have gone up since the beginning of the year, says the Canadian...
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Victoria Housing Inventory Continues To Decline Over Summer Months
VICTORIA - A total of 835 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this July, 14.7 per cent fewer than the 979 properties sold in July 2020 and 11.4 per cent fewer than the previous...
Sheringham Point Lighthouse Funding For Upgrades
Increased Mobility, Historical And Indigenous Elements To Be Included In Heritage Site Enhancement Project SOOKE – The Sheringham Point Lighthouse, a key historical landmark in Shirley, is receiving...
Update: Covid-19 And BC’s Construction Industry
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Safe Screen BC program has opened for employer enrollment. This is a COVID-19 screening initiative of the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Provincial Health...
BCREA: Housing Market Continues Moderating Trend in July
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 9,663 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in July 2021, a...
Wage & Rent Subsidy Extends to October 23,2021
BRITISH COLUMBIA - As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, the Government of Canada continues to adapt its support to deliver support to those who need it. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance,...
CFIB: The Long Road Ahead For Small Business
Fewer Than One In Five Businesses Say They Are Fully Recovered, One In 20 For Some Hard Hit Sectors BRITISH COLUMBIA – More than 80 per cent of small businesses have not fully recovered from the...
Central 1: Canadian Labour Market Mends In July
BRITISH COLUMBIA - BC employment unchanged Canada’s labour market continued to mend in July as restrictions eased but the pace of recovery underwhelmed expectations. Total employment rose by 94,000...
Housing Solutions Moving Forward for Victoria
VICTORIA - Two initiatives that will help make room for more diverse housing choices now and in the future, Village and Corridor Planning and Missing Middle Housing, are moving forward with more...
Regional Development Agency For British Columbia
Pacific Economic Development Canada Will Better Serve The Needs of Local Businesses, Communities and People in BC BRITISH COLUMBIA - From the outset, Canada's regional development agencies have...
From The Trenches: Andre Sullivan of Integral Wealth Securities
Episode Summary Interview with Andre Sullivan of Integral Wealth Securities in Nanaimo. Andre covers investing trends, real estate, alternative investments and much more. Episode Notes Andre talks...
From The Trenches Podcast: Robert Boscacci of HealthLinc Medical Equipment
Episode Summary Robert Boscacci, CEO and Co-Founder of HealthLinc Medical Equipment (HME), joins host John MacDonald on the latest From The Trenches episode. HME is a 2021 EY Entrepreneur Of The...
2020 Crime Severity Indexes For Esquimalt And Victoria
VICTORIA – Statistics Canada has released Crime Severity Index (CSI) numbers for Victoria and Esquimalt for 2020. The Crime Severity Index is administered by Statistics Canada to measure the impact...
‘Working From Home’ Labour Force Survey
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020 to June 2021 BRITISH COLUMBIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the work location of thousands of Canadian workers. From April 2020 to...
Pet Store Acquisition Adds to Vancouver Island Portfolio
VICTORIA - United Raw Pet Foods Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Dane Creek Capital Corp, announces that it has completed two acquisitions of pet specialty retailers on Vancouver Island in BC....
Top 20% Of Canadian Income-Earning Families Pay More Than Half Of All Taxes
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (54.7 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and property taxes, according to a new study...