VICTORIA - Royal Roads University has recently announced the appointment of Cheryl Eason to the position of vice-president and chief financial officer, effective February 27, 2017.Eason brings to...
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How to Take Advantage of Your Chamber Membership in the New Year
- 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 - Tis the season for...
Finalists Announced for Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards
VICTORIA – A total of 83 companies have been named Finalists for the 17th Annual Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards, which the best of the best in Island business January 26 at the Delta...
How Texas Avoided Big Deficits When Oil Prices Fell
- Ben Eisen and Steve Lafleur are analysts with the Fraser Institute’s Alberta Prosperity Initiative.CANADA - A common myth holds that the deterioration of Alberta’s finances in recent years was...
Victoria Chamber Announces New Board of Directors
- The Victoria Chamber is funded by businesses to support business, and works to strengthen the region’s business community through advocacy, networking events, professional development...
Tru Value Foods Receives Family Business Award
VICTORIA - The Family Business Association (FBA) Vancouver Island has recently announced that Dean Clarke, Partner in Business Development of Tru Value Foods, will receive the 2017 Family Business...
69,000 Jobs Added in 2016 in BC
BC - Thanks to a Canada-leading job-growth rate of 3.0%, more than 69,000 jobs have been created in BC during the first 11 months of 2016 compared to the same period of last year. And with over...
Small Business Owners Optimistic Going into New Year
CANADA - The end of the year saw small business optimism make modest, but broad based, improvement across the country. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business's Business Barometer Index...
Tourism Victoria Announces 2017 Board of Directors
GREATER VICTORIA - Tourism Victoria is pleased to announce its 2017 Board of Directors.Christine Willow, a Principal with Chemistry Consulting and Chief Operating Officer of GT...
Short Term Residential Rentals – Inevitable
- Catherine Holt is the CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at 250.383.7191 or CEO@victoriachamber.ca. www.victoriachamber.ca.GREATER VICTORIA - As British Columbians...
BC’s Job Vacancy Rate Leads Nation
CANADA - Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate held steady at 2.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2016, according to the latest Help Wanted report from the Canadian Federation of Independent...
[VIDEO] BC Housing Market Update (December 2016)
- The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is the professional association for over 20,000 realtors in BC, focusing on provincial issues that impact real estate.For additional...
Victoria Tech Community Donates $90k to Local Food Bank
VICTORIA - The final drop off day at the Mustard Seed Food Bank was cold and wet, but it didn’t stop 34 participating companies from making a major contribution to their community.A total of...
Builders Welcome New 1st-time Home Buyer Incentives
BC - The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia (CHBA BC) welcomes the new BC Home Owner Mortgage and Equity (HOME) partnership program, recently announced by Premier Christy...
Grant Thornton Grows on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Hayes McNeill & Partners Ltd.'s personal insolvency and corporate recovery services on Vancouver Island has joined Grant Thornton Limited, as of December 1, 2016Through this...
Duncan Cowichan Chamber Elects New BoD
- Sonja Nagel is Executive Director of the Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at manager@duncancc.bc.ca or 250.748.1111.COWICHAN VALLEY - The Duncan Cowichan Chamber...