1.5 Acre Site To Be Transformed Into Much-Needed Purpose-Built Rental Housing VICTORIA – A 1.5 acre site in Victoria’s Old Town will be revitalized with a development proposal to supply 274...
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Improved Daily Light Integrals with Satellite Data
VICTORIA – From its introduction forty years ago, the Daily Light Integral (DLI) metric has become an important tool for determining monthly daylight availability for crops and estimating...
Estate Planning Tools for Family Businesses Event October 28th
Estate Planning Panel Discussion Zoom Event Advanced registration required: HERE Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 5:30-7pm This event is about: Protecting you, your family and assets. Preserving your...
The Power Of Community
I am writing this article at the end of September, where after some much-needed rain we are looking towards the welcome prospect of a week of sunshine. It is a busy, exhausting, often anxious time...
Panels Outlined Priorities For Next Provincial Government
GREATER VICTORIA - With election day set for Oct. 24 in BC, the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has a wish list for whoever forms the next provincial government. As a non-partisan organization,...
High Quality Of Life And Employment Attracting Newcomers To Comox Valley
Latest Report Reveals Smaller To Mid-Sized Communities In The Island Coastal Region Drawing Intra-Migrating Canadians COURTENAY – Quality of life rankings among Canadian communities always attract...
One Feather Among Winners At 2020 Indigenous Business Awards
VICTORIA – The Awardees of the twelfth annual Indigenous Business Awards (IBA) were recently announced by the BC Achievement Foundation, the program’s presenting organization. This November, the...
HYAS Infosec Inc. Takes Stand Against International Cybercrime
Nanaimo-Born Startup Grows Into Digital Security Juggernaut In Just Five Years VICTORIA - One would not expect a fight against digital bad actors across the globe to originate from a home...
Celebrating Small Business Week Is More Important Than Ever This Year
CFIB Expands #SmallBusinessEveryDay Campaign With Launch Of Its Big Thank You Contest BRITISH COLUMBIA – Today marks the first day of Small Business Week, but the context is a lot less...
Canada-Wide Network Of Smith Manoeuvre Certified Professionals Expands
VICTORIA - In the Spring of this year, Smith Consulting Group Ltd. (SCGL) launched The Smith Manoeuvre Certified Professional Accreditation Program with the goal of training financial professionals...
OPINION: Moving Towards A Healthy Forest Sector In BC That Includes Old-Growth Logging
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Now that the Province has finally released its anxiously awaited report on old-growth harvesting and subsequent responses to its recommendations, we can finally get to work on the...
Mid Island Co-Op Announces The Acquisition Of 8 “Liquor Depot” Stores On Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Effective October 8, 2020, Mid Island Consumer Services Co-operative (“Mid Island Co-op”) has entered into an agreement to purchase eight (8) Liquor stores located on Vancouver Island from...
BC Tech Pay Rises While Other Industries Face Freezes And Cuts
BRITISH COLUMBIA - According to the HR Tech Group, the economic dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt across BC’s economy – but a rare exception is the high-tech sector, as...
Vancouver Island Partnership Provides Harmac Pacific With Needed Raw Fibre
Residual Fibre Pilot Project Nears Harvesting Phase VANCOUVER ISLAND - Shopping locally is the central philosophy of any successful, community-focused business – even if you happen to be a pulp...
Wealth Taxes Ultimately Reduce Economic Prosperity
Wealth Taxes Reduce Economic Prosperity While Raising Little Revenue, And Wealth Inequality Is Already Shrinking In Canada BRITISH COLUMBIA—If the federal government introduces a wealth tax, it...
Arbutus RV & Marine Sales Ltd. Take Deep-Rooted Pride In Being A BC Business
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Craig Little likes to say he has deep Island roots; an intimate and personal connection to the place he started his family, and a now thriving business. He takes pride in that...