- 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 - The other day one of our members,...
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Taxation = #1 Cost for Canadian Families
- Charles Lammam and Milagros Palacios are co-authors of the Fraser Institute report The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2016.CANADA - What’s your family’s largest expense?Canadians might say...
BC Sets Agrifood Revenue Record in 2015
BC - Sales of B.C. agrifood products topped $13 billion for the first time in 2015, growing by more than $700 million for the second consecutive year, and contributing to a $2.5 billion (24%) rise...
Esquimalt Chamber Going Season of Transition
- RJ Senko is a Vice-President at the Esquimalt Chamber and President of RJStrategies. He can be reached at 250-888-3534.ESQUIMALT - Your Chamber is starting off September with an equal...
Mayfair Shopping Centre to Receive $72M Redevelopment
VICTORIA - Ivanhoé Cambridge has announced that it will invest $72 million to expand and redevelop Mayfair Shopping Centre.The significant investment will increase the gross leasable area from...
UVIC Business School Partnership Wins Major Award
VICTORIA - The Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs (NW-ACE) Program, a partnership between the Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP), regional and provincial governments and the...
Businesses Facing Recruitment & Retention Challenges
- Doug Walker is Vice-President of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. He can be reached at (778) 351-3544 or doug@cambiumleadership.ca. The Chamber of Commerce can be reached directly...
BC Sees Strong International Tourism Growth Midway Through 2016
BC - The number of overnight international visitors to British Columbia surpassed the two-million mark for the first six months of 2016.According to Statistics Canada, 2,307,624 visitors came to...
Electoral Reform Carries Many Unintended Consequences
- Jason Clemens and Taylor Jackson are coauthors of the report Electoral Rules and Fiscal Policy Outcomes available at www.fraserinstitute.org.CANADA - The federal government wants to...
Golfers Ames, Spittle & Rutledge Commit to 2016 Pacific Links Championship
VICTORIA - Canadians Stephen Ames, Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge committed to play the 2016 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship, to be contested on Bear Mountain Golf Resort’s Mountain Course in...
BC Housing Market Simmers During Summer
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that 9,900 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in July, down 3.4 per cent from...
Policing Our Expectations – Of Police
- Peggy Kulmala is the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce’s manager of policy and public affairs. 250-383-7191, policy@victoriachamber.ca.www.victoriachamber.ca.GREATER VICTORIA - As Tent...
WestShore Chamber Partners With Rotary
- 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 - In August, the WestShore...
Victoria Real Estate Market Remains Strong
GREATER VICTORIA - A total of 972 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this July, an increase of 22 per cent compared to the 796 properties sold in July last year."Though we saw...
Victoria Harbour Ferry Expands Zero-Emission Fleet
VICTORIA – After the successful launch last year of its first electric passenger vessel, Victoria Harbour Ferry is adding two more of the silent, zero-emission vessels to its fleet on July 30.The...
Business Demonization Consistent in the Media and Classroom
- Mark MacDonald is the President of Invest Northwest Publishing. For additional information, please visit the 'Contact Us' page on our website.BC - When was the last time we saw a positive...