- Denny Warner is Executive Director of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at 250.656.3616 or execdir@peninsulachamber.ca.SAANICH PENINSULA - In honour of National...
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Tourism Victoria Award Winners Announced at AGM
VICTORIA – Two people who have made significant contributions to Greater Victoria’s tourism economy are being honoured today at Tourism Victoria’s annual general meeting.Mike Corrigan, CEO of...
Final Salish Class Vessel Sets Sail for BC
VICTORIA – BC Ferries’ Salish Raven, the third and final Salish Class vessel, is on its way. The vessel departed Gdansk, Poland this morning, for a 10,440 nautical mile journey bound for its new...
BC Realtors Launch 5-Pillar Housing Affordability Strategy
BC - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) has recently announced a five-pillar approach to address housing affordability for renters, homebuyers and homeowners across British...
Victoria Business-Family Governance Seminar Coming May 11
GREATER VICTORIA - The Vancouver Island Family Business Association (FBAVI) will be hosting a family business governance event on May 11, 2017 at Cedar Hill Golf Course.In this practical, real...
Canadian Spending Up 3.46% for Q1 in 2017
CANADA - Spending in Canada grew by 3.46 per cent in the first quarter of 2017 on a year-over-year basis, according to the MonerisMetrics Quarterly Report released by Moneris Solutions Corporation...
Greater Victoria Business Awards Recognize Local Achievements
- The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce is the largest business association in Greater Victoria, with over 1,400 member organizations.GREATER VICTORIA - The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce...
2017 – Constant Change and the Workplace
- Christine Willow is a Principal with the Chemistry Consulting Group and Chief Operating Officer for GT Hiring Solutions. She is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a Registered...
Canada’s Over-hyped Clean-tech Revolution
- Jock Finlayson is executive vice-president of the Business Council of British Columbia. Follow Jock on Twitter: @JockfinlaysonCANADA – There’s no evidence that “clean-tech” innovation is...
Collaborative Advocacy for Provincial Action
- Catherine Holt is the CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. 250.383.7191, CEO@victoriachamber.ca, www.victoriachamber.ca.GREATER VICTORIA - As a non-partisan advocate for the...
Finalists Announced for 2017 VIATEC Technology Awards
VICTORIA - The Victoria high-tech sector has announced the finalists for the 16th Annual VIATEC Technology Awards. Winners will be revealed at the gala on the evening of June 2nd at the Victoria...
Community & Collaboration: Developments on the West Shore
- Julie Lawlor is the Executive Director at the WestShore Chamber of Commerce. You can reach her at 250.478.1130 or jlawlor@westshore.bc.ca.WEST SHORE - On March 14th, a historic agreement...
Fitch Affirms BC’s AAA Credit Rating
BC - Fitch has confirmed British Columbia’s AAA credit rating with a stable outlook, due to the Province’s steady economic growth, commitment to fiscal balance and manageable debt burden.The report...
Red Barn Market Opens New Esquimalt Location
- Kelly Darwin sits on the Board of Directors of the Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce and is the owner of Seriously Creative, a marketing and digital development company. He can be reached at...
Tourism Victoria Adds New Chief Marketing Officer
VICTORIA - Tourism Victoria is pleased to announce Paul Hawes as its new ChiefMarketing Officer. Hawes has more than 22 years of progressive tourism marketing and sales experience,...
Want to Help? Shut Up and Listen!
- Denny Warner is Executive Director of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at 250.656.3616 or execdir@peninsulachamber.ca.SAANICH PENINSULA - Many years ago I had the...