BRITISH COLUMBIA - Looking back on five years of the British Columbia Construction Association’s (BCCA) Builders Code program is a chance to evaluate where we are as an industry, appreciate how far...
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NEW RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR BC’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: BUILDERS LIFE TALENTCENTRAL
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Today, the BC Construction Association (BCCA) launched a new online job board tailored for the construction industry, which allows job seekers to be efficiently matched with...
FIRST ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK ROLLS INTO CITY OF VICTORIA
VICTORIA — The City of Victoria’s first electric fire truck has rolled into its new home at the Fire Department Headquarters May 31st. The newest addition to the firefighting fleet, the Rosenbauer...
VICTORIA SEES INCREASE IN ACTIVE LISTINGS
VICTORIA - A total of 763 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this May, 1.5 per cent fewer than the 775 properties sold in May 2023 and a 12.5 per cent increase from April 2024....
MOVERS & SHAKERS VICTORIA FOR JUNE 4, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Rachelle Dempster has recently started working as an Organizational Development Consultant at the City of Victoria. Kris Rice is...
MARCH GDP REMAINS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian real GDP was essentially unchanged in March, following a 0.2 per cent increase in February. Both goods and services sectors were unchanged from February. Residential...
NEW INITIATIVE CALLS ON BRITISH COLUMBIANS TO STAND UP FOR FORESTRY
BRITISH COLUMBIA – A new grassroots initiative is encouraging British Columbians to be better informed on B.C’.s forest sector and take action through various activities including online letters and...
FUNDING ENABLES DESTINATION BC TO COMPLETE NEW COMMUNITY TOURISM PLANS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Destination BC, with the support of PacifiCan, announced the completion of 11 new community tourism plans, representing mostly small and rural communities across the province,...
EDITORIAL: SLOWING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IS JUVENILE REASONING FOR ATTAINING CLIMATE GOALS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It is startling to see that musings and calculated estimations for the future written in this space are coming to pass. In January, 2020, my Business Examiner column warned Canada...
THE ALLIANCE AWARDS $50M+ TO SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) has awarded more than $50 million to two national host sites in British Columbia. Simon Fraser University (SFU) was awarded...
ADVISORY: FUTURE PROOF YOUR BUSINESS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Are you thinking of launching or expanding a business? No matter the size of your organization, there are some questions to consider to help you choose the right business account...
MAY 2024 CAPITAL REGION COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE REPORT
By Mike Kozakowski of Citified.ca COLWOOD Colwood’s former Jasmine Family Restaurant lands along the Island Highway will be redeveloped into a six-storey residential...
OPINION: YOUNG PEOPLE NEED HOPE
VANCOUVER ISLAND - “Was University a dangerous place when you were there?” That question was posed by a former classmate at our recent 50th high school reunion. My old pal was trying to understand...
KATE GRAY ADDS A WOMAN’S TOUCH TO BUILDING, DESIGNING AND SELLING HOMES
VICTORIA – Since the vast majority of home buying decisions are made by women, it only makes sense to have women involved not only in real estate transactions, but also in building and designing...
BC BRIEFS – MAY 31, 2024
BCCA Secures Extended Funding from LNG Canada BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC Construction Association (BCCA) announces a two-year extension to its current collaboration with LNG Canada to deliver the...
MORENOT CANADA UNDERWATER DRONES HELPFUL IN AQUACULTURE, OTHER INDUSTRIES
CAMPBELL RIVER – Drones have become part of normal life, surveying the land below from the sky. But how about underwater drones? Morenot Canada became the B.C. distributor and servicer of Chasing –...