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OPINION: Medical Tourism Would Help Patients, The Economy, And Yes, Canadian Health Care
Two friends recently chose to obtain medical services in the United States and Mexico that gave both of them a renewed lease on life. Clean facilities? Check. Trustworthy pre and post-operative...
How to Win Friends and Influence Google
DIGITAL MARKETING - “Show me who you run with and I’ll show you what you’re like.” Some real life relationships matter more than others, a tough pill to swallow some times. The same is true for...
Six BC Employers Win Construction Leadership Award
BRITISH COLUMBIA – BC’s construction community honoured six companies and individuals for their leadership and contributions to the construction industry this week at the annual Construction...
Award-Winning Home Health Care Company Continues to Expand
COMOX VALLEY - Award-winning Bayshore Home Health is growing yet again. Not even three months in to 2019, Bayshore has already won a Grant Thornton Business Excellence Award and expanded its...
CFIB: BC Small Business Confidence Continues Downward Drift
BC – The monthly Business Barometer® index for British Columbia fell 1.9 points in February, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The BC small business confidence...
Fastrac Print & Mail Offers One-Stop Direct Marketing Service
VICTORIA/NANAIMO - Thanks to its unique blend of digital print and strategic marketing services, Fastrac Print & Mail is helping businesses gain customers and profits with Direct...
Foto Print & Rolex Plastics Bring All-In-One Service to Victoria
VICTORIA – Foto Print, Rolex Plastics & Printing Ltd., and BC Lawn Signs have joined forces to become one of Vancouver Island’s most comprehensive printing service providers. Rolex Plastics...
Saanich Chamber: Tour of Industry’s 10th Season
Happy 10th birthday to the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tour of Industry! It is less an event than it is an institution. It has endured because it facilitates purposeful interaction...
West Shore Chamber: Do We Need to Buckle Up for 2019?
What is 2019 going to bring? As I reflect on what’s taken place this past year, I do have some concerns for the business community. A constant theme I heard in 2018 was that finding and retaining...
Mazzei Electric Wins Business Excellence Awards
NANAIMO – Mazzei Electric of Nanaimo and Victoria was named Business of the Year for over 50 employees at the 19th Annual Grant Thornton LLP Vancouver Island Business Excellence...
2018 Greater Victoria Tourism Year in Review
GREATER VICTORIA - The Greater Victoria tourism industry enjoyed a banner year in 2018 compared to the past several years. Our hotels and restaurants were full. Our meetings, events and conferences...
Another Innovative Victoria Project from Merchant House Capital Inc.
Merchant House Capital Inc. announced the off-market acquisiton of Blanshard Block in Victoria. This approximately 18,000 sq. f. of improved lands on Blanshard St. incorporates three fully...
West Shore Chamber: Economic Development in an Era of Climate Change
As I know has been the case for many of my Chamber of Commerce colleagues across the province, I have watched with interest as decisions about resource development have been announced over the last...
Saanich Peninsula Chamber: A Reason To Celebrate
The Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and title sponsor partner Island Savings were thrilled to recognize these businesses recently at our 12th Annual Crystal Awards for Business Excellence:...
Victoria Chamber: Chamber Businesses Helped Create WWI Memorial Lane
Almost 100 years ago in Greater Victoria, business leaders at the Chamber of Commerce decided to help memorialize the fallen soldiers of World War One.The city must have been reeling after the end...