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...
victoria BUSINESS NEWS
BC Housing Markets Off To A Strong Start In 2020
BC - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 4,426 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in January 2020, an increase of...
Brian Small Left Big Shoes To Fill At The Chamber
I think it’s fair to say there will never be anyone quite like Brian J. Small, who passed away on Jan. 24. He was 85. From 1969 to 1994, Brian held the job that I do now at the Greater Victoria...
Michelle Obama to speak in Victoria on March 31
VICTORIA – Former First Lady Michelle Obama will participate a moderated conversation event in Victoria on Tuesday, March 31 at 7 pm at Save On Foods Memorial Centre. The event is sponsored by The...
Winners Announced for Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards
VMAC Wins Business of the Year VICTORIA – VMAC Global Technology Inc. of Nanaimo was named Business of the Year at the 20th Annual Grant Thornton LLP Vancouver Island Business Excellence...
What The Survey Says: Doing Business In BC In 2019-20
As January rolls around each year, there is an opportunity to review the year that has passed and plan for the year ahead. For BC businesses, this can include the 2019/20 Collective Perspective...
We Are Amazing But Please Don’t Tell Anyone
Saanich Peninsula Ranks In The Top 50 Of The 415 Best Communities In 2019, Macleans magazine ranked Canada’s best communities, and perhaps not surprisingly for those of us who live here (or those...
Greater Victoria Chamber Board Stands Up For Business
Ambitious Plans for 2020 It’s a new year, which means new leadership for the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. John Wilson, a prominent business person and community supporter, takes on the role...
Partnership Launches Seaweed Operation
VICTORIA & PORT ALBERNI – Partners in a new seaweed company seeded their first crop in December, and are looking forward to the first harvest in May, 2020. Cascadia Seaweed Corporation and...
Finance Minister James Is A Nice Person, But Does She Really Listen?
I had just sat down for dinner in Hitacu, at a Ucluelet First Nation banquet November 12, when someone I hadn’t yet met, but looked very familiar, sat down across from me. It was provincial Finance...
Victoria Drain Services Brings New Time-Saving Pipe Lining Tech To Island
VICTORIA - A lot of things can go wrong when it comes to underground pipes. Be it corrosion over time, or an invasive root from a nearby tree, the pipes that run under streets and sidewalks can...
Family Business Association (FBA) Vancouver Island Names Awards Recipients
VICTORIA - Trevor McCall, President of Family Business Association (FBA) of Vancouver Island, announced that Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort is the recipient the 2020 Family Business Excellence (FBE)...
VICA Members Donate Over $20,000 In Toys And Groceries To Vancouver Island Families
VICTORIA - In time for the holiday season, members of the Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) raised over $20,000 for families in the communities they work and live in. Their generosity...
The Builders Code – Building a Construction Industry that Works for Everyone
VICTORIA - Our vision at the BC Construction Association is to ensure British Columbia is home to a world-class construction sector that demonstrates exceptional productivity and resilience. This...
Harbour Air’s Inaugural Flight Of First Commercial Electric Airplane A Success
VICTORIA - Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline and magniX, the company powering the electric aviation revolution, announced the successful flight of the world’s first all-electric...
Sustainable Tourism Conference Coming To Victoria
Mark Twain wrote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot...