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Tips For Supporting Local Businesses
During this time of social distancing in response to COVID 19, we would like to emphasize the importance to us all of continuing to support local businesses. Our best advice is to follow the...
Western Forest Products Inc. Announces Sale Of Ownership Interests To Huu-Ay-Aht First Nations
PORT ALBERNI – Western Forest Products Inc. and Huumiis Ventures Limited Partnership, a limited partnership beneficially owned by Huu-ay-aht First Nations, have reached an agreement whereby Huumiis...
BC Home Sales Trend Higher In February
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 5,741 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in February 2020, an increase of 26.3...
Employment Falls In BC
Canadian employment was little changed in February, increasing by 30,000 jobs (0.2 per cent). The unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 5.6 per cent, as more people searched for...
Nanaimo Will Be Home Of West Coast Baseball League Team
The City of Nanaimo and Serauxmen Stadium Society welcomed the "to-be-named" 13th West Coast League (WCL) baseball team, who will call Serauxmen Stadium home starting June of 2021. The Nanaimo team...
Business, Indigenous, And Community Leaders Call For A Return To Order
The Free Movement Of Goods And People, And A Commitment To Certainty And Future Prosperity A growing chorus of business, Indigenous and community leaders are calling for a commitment to certainty...
Redbrick Acquires Leadpages As Newest Portfolio Company
VICTORIA - Redbrick announced the acquisition of Leadpages. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Leadpages is a marketing-focused, no-code website builder enabling entrepreneurs and small-business...
RaceRocks Chosen As Training Technology Solution
Local Company Awarded Contract by Royal Canadian Navy VICTORIA – RaceRocks (RaceRocks3D Inc.) has been awarded a contract to implement the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) distributed learning program...
Estimated Impact of the BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax
The latest BCREA Market Intelligence Report: Estimating the Impacts of the Speculation and Vacancy Tax estimates the Speculation and Vacancy tax reduced home sales in taxable regions in BC by an...
Construction And Infrastructure Survey For 2019 Q4
Construction And Infrastructure Survey For 2019 Q4 Shows Skills Shortage And Soft Energy Market Dampening Overall Positive Outlook RICS and the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) have...
Truffles Group Joins South Island Prosperity Partnership
VICTORIA - The Truffles Group has joined the rapidly growing economic development agency, South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP). “As a major player in the Greater Victoria hospitality...
Pacific Maritime Centre, Conference Centre And Performing Arts Theatre Planned For The City Of Langford
LANGFORD - Today (February 25, 2020) at the City Centre Grill located at 1089 Langford Parkway, the City of Langford and the Maritime Museum of BC will be entering into a memorandum of...
Quality Of Life Draws Business To Saanich Peninsula
Last month I talked about how amazing this part of the world is in which to live and do business. Adding to our quite diversified, protected economy, we have relatively low crime, beautiful scenery,...
The West Coast’s Largest In-The-Water Boat Show In Sunny Sidney, BC!
BC Boat Show Celebrates 30 Years VICTORIA - Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the BC Boat Show returns to Sidney April 30 - May 3 and will be held for the third year at Port Sidney Marina. The event...
Introducing The 2020 WestShore Board Of Directors
While our 2020 Directors were elected at our Annual General Meeting at WestShore Bicycles in November, it is in January that the Board elects the Executive for the year. Now that we’re set up for...