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On Venezuela, And What A ‘Green Economy’ Looks Like
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any country in the world, with over 300 billion barrels of proven reserves. With a population of just under 32 million people, it was the wealthiest country...
Badinotti Net Services Canada Geared Up For Expansion
Company, Founded In Italy Over A Century Ago, Continues Growth, Looks East CAMPBELL RIVER – Badinotti Net Services Canada (BNSC) has been growing significantly since it started serving Canada’s...
Want Richer First Nations? Say ‘Yes’ To Pipelines
There’s No Easy Way To Spur Economic Opportunity For Every Remote Reserve - But Resource-Related Development Will Help Many “In less than a decade, the Haisla Nation has leveraged the strategic...
Westjet Announces Organizational Changes To Secure Its Future
BC - WestJet announced organizational changes that will see the company consolidate call centre activity in Alberta, contract out airport operations in all domestic airports outside...
Outdoor Movie Event Raises Over $5,000 For Charity
Fresh Air Cinema Partnered With Fortisbc To Raise Funds For Nourish Cowichan VANCOUVER ISLAND – Cowichan-area families recently had the chance to enjoy a safe night out while raising money for a...
Echosec Systems Partners With The Innocent Lives Foundation To Combat Child Exploitation
VICTORIA - Echosec Systems Ltd. has partnered with the Innocent Lives Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to unmask anonymous online child predators and help bring them to justice. The...
Habitat Launches $200k In 100 Days Fundraising Campaign
Campaign Will Provide 11 Local Families A Hand-Up Into Affordable Homeownership! Victoria - Habitat for Humanity Victoria launched its latest fundraising campaign today with the goal of raising...
Let People Make Their Own Risk Assessments
We Should All Take Valuable Lessons From The Way Sweden Has Handled The COVID-19 Crisis The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes that we have to learn to live with COVID-19....
Businesses BC-Wide Call to Avoid More Employee Terminations And Forced Small Business Bankruptcies
BC Labour Minister Refuses to Help Small Business On Issues Potentially Forcing Insolvency During COVID-19 BRITISH COLUMBIA - Business organizations representing almost all of British Columbia’s...
Aurora Officially Joins BC Ferries’ Fleet
BC Ferries’ newest vessel, Island Aurora, officially commenced service on June 18th on the Port McNeill - Alert Bay - Sointula (Vancouver Island-Cormorant Island-Malcolm Island) route. This follows...
Assessing The Lockdown’s Damage – Did Sweden Get It Right?
For A Healthy Working-Age Person, The Risk Of Dying From COVID-19 Is Significantly Lower Than Dying By Accident Or From Other Diseases After being locked down since March 16, Canadians are...
LlamaZOO Granted $300,000 By Innovate BC’s Ignite Program
VICTORIA - LlamaZOO, a spatial business analytics SaaS platform provider, in partnership with UBC Faculty of Forestry and FPInnovations, has been awarded $300,000 to further develop and...
Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund Opens June 22 Across The West
Fish And Seafood Processing Businesses To Get Support From New Fisheries And Oceans Canada Initiative BRITISH COLUMBIA - Fish and seafood processors play a vital role in the resilience...
Canadian Government Workers Receive 9.4% Higher Wages
Government Workers Across Canada Receive 9.4% Higher Wages, On Average, Than Comparable Private-Sector Workers The wage premium and more generous benefits that government workers in Canada enjoy...
Workspace Fitness Solutions Poised to Revolutionize Work From Home Fitness
VICTORIA - Getting fit while on the job may soon become the new normal, if Victoria-based start-up, Ergonomyx, achieves their Kickstarter campaign goal to fund their innovative workspace fitness...