WESTSHORE - It’s that time of year again! Nominations and voting are open for Best of the WestShore Awards. Nominations are open until July 31, and voting takes place through September 2. This...
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STANLEY CUP PARADE COMING TO VICTORIA
VICTORIA - If all goes as planned, Victoria will finally get its Stanley Cup parade in honour of the last team from B.C. to win the coveted trophy 100 years earlier. In 1925, the Western Canada...
BC’S EXPANDED HEAT-PUMP PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA – B.C.’s expanded heat-pump program is now taking applications with savinsg up to $24,000 when making the switch. The CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program is open and is...
VANCITY FORMS NEW INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancity recently announced its newly formed Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC), an independent group dedicated to guiding Vancity’s Indigenous Banking Strategy. The group will...
BC HYDRO EXPANDING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER ISLAND – BC Hydro has announced it will build more than $3 billion in capital projects on Vancouver Island over the next decade to upgrade and expand the electricity grid and provide clean...
JUNE 2024 LABOUR FORCE REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the June 2024 Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada, a BCREA Report stated that Canadian employment was largely unchanged from the previous month, contracting by...
BCBC: BC SURVIVING, NOT THRIVING SAYS NEW PROSPERITY BENCHMARKING REPORT
By Braden McMillan, Business Council of British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA - According to the 2024 B.C. Prosperity Index, released today by the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC), B.C....
GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR EV CHARGERS ACROSS CANADA
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is taking action to make it more affordable for Canadians to purchase, charge and drive electric vehicles (EVs) across the country while driving toward a net-zero...
BCREA: LANDLORDS TAKE NOTICE – RECENT AMENDMENTS TO BC TENANCY LEGISLATION #574
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC residential rental market has been a very hot topic lately in many different business and social circles. Restrictions imposed on the short-term rental market have taken...
COFI: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine By Linda Coady BRITISH COLUMBIA - A dramatic drop in harvest levels is putting the benefits created by BC’s forest...
ADVISORY: SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO BC’S GLOBAL CUSTOMERS
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following Canfor’s recent announcement, I find myself reflecting on my forestry career, which...
FRASER INSTITUTE: TOP 20% OF CANADIAN INCOME-EARNING FAMILIES PAY 54% OF ALL TAXES
OTTAWA - The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (54.2 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and property taxes, according to a new study published by...
WORLD’S LARGEST HOCKEY STICK TO BE REMOVED
DUNCAN – The World’s Largest Hockey Stick (WLHS) has reached the end of its serviceable life. First constructed for Expo 1986 in Vancouver, then brought to the Island and affixed to the Cowichan...
CFIB: SMALL BUSINESSES EXPECT TO INCREASE PRICES THIS YEAR
OTTAWA - Small businesses expect to increase prices by an average of 2.5% over the next 12 months, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Business Barometer®....
NEW TOOLS HELP CREATE MORE HOUSING IN SAANICH
SAANICH – After many months of hard work, the District of Saanich has updated zoning and policy to align with the Province’s Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) legislation, successfully meeting...
MORE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMING TO VICTORIA
VICTORIA – More supportive housing units will be opening in Victoria with a new five-storey building at 953 Balmoral Rd. The Lily has 56 studio apartments as well as a commercial kitchen, amenity...