- RJ Senko is a Vice-President at the Esquimalt Chamber and President of RJStrategies. He can be reached at 250-888-3534.ESQUIMALT - Despite the absence of this column from these pages over the past...
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Canadian Premiers Prioritize Interprovincial Trade
CANADA - Small businesses across the country support their premiers' recent decision to create a stronger economic union. The new framework for internal trade in Canada is a vast improvement over...
Evolving From NIMBY to YIMBY
- 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 - One rather unorthodox...
BC Government Maintains Commitment to Red Tape Reduction
BC - The Province has taken significant action to modernize British Columbia’s regulatory regime, streamline processes and enhance access to services, according to the fifth annual report on...
BC Prepares for 10th Anniversary of Small Business Month
BC - This year marks the 10th anniversary of Small Business Month in British Columbia, an occasion celebrated every October to recognize the important contributions entrepreneurs make to our economy...
Building Stronger Demand Has Regional Benefits
- Paul Nursey is the President and CEO of Tourism Victoria. For more information, please visit www.tourismvictoria.com.GREATER VICTORIA - Tourism Victoria and the City of Victoria made...
Canada’s Blueprint for Getting Green Tech Right
- The C.D. Howe Institute is an independent not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies through research that is...
BC Ferries Takes Part in Great Canadian Shore Cleanup
VICTORIA - From the shores of Salt Spring Island to Horseshoe Bay, from the Sunshine Coast to Campbell River, hundreds of BC Ferries’ employees participated in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup...
BC Leading Nation on CPP Consultation
BC - With British Columbia today launching a public consultation on CPP expansion, and Quebec planning a consultation on QPP in the fall, CFIB is encouraging other provinces to take the opportunity...
Tight Housing Market Conditions Continue Around the Province
NANAIMO - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a record 12,906 residential unit sales were recorded by the MLS in June, up 14.3 per cent from the same month last year....
North America’s largest Cider Tap Takeover Happening July 18th
COBBLE HILL - Craft cider and beer are one of the hottest segments of the alcohol industry over the last few years. In response to this growing interest in craft, pubs and restaurants have engaged...
YYJ Releases 2016 Environmental Management Plan
GREATER VICTORIA - The Victoria Airport Authority (VAA) has announced the release of its 2016 Environmental Management Plan (EMP). The EMP details the airport’s environmental program, along with...
Killing Energy Projects Only Hurts First Nations
- Joseph Quesnel is a research fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.CANADA - The right of First Nations to question resource development is not the same as a right to veto...
CPP Expansion Without Consultation Deemed “Irresponsible”
CANADA – With a July 15th deadline looming for provincial leaders to commit Canadians to a lifetime of increased CPP, eight in 10 small business owners across the country, including 84 per cent in...
Competitive Pricing Vital in Victoria’s Real Estate Market
GREATER VICTORIA - A total of 1,174 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this June, an increase of 29 per cent compared to the 910 properties sold in June last year."When we look...
Vision WestShore: Looking to the Future
WEST SHORE - On June 2, the WestShore Chamber of Commerce held VISION WestShore at Olympic View Golf Club. Sponsored by Prosperity Business Centre, View Royal Casino, Coastal Offices and Signs of...