Businesses Pay Almost Triple The Amount Of Property Taxes That Residents Pay BRITISH COLUMBIA – According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB’s) latest BC 2024 Property Tax...
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PROVINCE HONOURS ENGINEERS FOR TRANSPORTATION WORK
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Winners were announced at the BC Transportation Conference for the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – British Columbia, held in Vancouver on Thursday, Feb. 15,...
SENTREX HEALTH SOLUTIONS ACQUIRES PERCURO CLINICAL RESEARCH LTD
VICTORIA - Sentrex Health Solutions Inc. specialty healthcare service has acquired PerCuro Clinical Research Ltd. a Canadian provider of infusion services, clinical research and advanced nursing...
MOVERS & SHAKERS VICTORIA FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Krista Bourgeois marks her 15th anniversary at Acera Insurance, formerly known as Megson FitzPatrick Insurance. Ben Bechtel recently joined...
BCREA: CANADIAN HOUSING STARTS FALL BY 10% IN JANUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts fell 10 per cent to 223,589 units in January at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 7 per cent from the same month last year....
ACCELERATING HOME CONSTRUCTION ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER ISLAND - The Government of Canada, along with the City of Victoria, the City of Campbell River and the Town of Comox, has jointly announced an agreement aimed at expediting the...
VICTORIA CHAMBER ANNOUNCES 2024 BUSINESS AWARDS FINALISTS
VICTORIA – The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the finalists for the 2024 Greater Victoria Business Awards. The finalists, listed below, have distinguished themselves...
CANADIAN CHAMBER UNVEILS THE PORTRAIT OF SMALL BUSINESSES: INSIGHTS AND CHALLENGES
OTTAWA - While the importance of small businesses to Canada’s economy is undeniable — there are 1.3 million of them employing over 11 million people — there is still a lot that remains unknown about...
NCDA: AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR MAKES STRONG POST-PANDEMIC RETURN TO FORM IN 2023
By Blair Qualey BRITISH COLUMBIA - As most people will appreciate, 2022 was a year in which many industries started their climb back from the COVID pandemic and the automotive sector was no...
TOP DOWN INVESTMENTS: CONNECTING GOOD PEOPLE WITH GREAT REAL ESTATE
DUNCAN – Top Down Investments is all about connecting good people with great real estate. Guy Bouchard moved his Top Down Investments development company to Vancouver Island in 2020, and they have...
SEWER SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION FOR OAK BAY
VICTORIA - Stormwater and wastewater infrastructure in Oak Bay will undergo significant upgrades thanks to a combined investment of more than $8.8 million from the federal and provincial...
CANADIAN HOME SALES SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY
OTTAWA - Following a weak second half of 2023, home sales over the last two months are showing signs of recovery, according to the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Home...
CFIB: OTTAWA SITTING ON $2.5 BILLION IN CARBON TAX REBATES OWED TO SMALL BUSINESS SINCE 2019
OTTAWA – The federal government has been sitting on $2.5 billion in carbon tax revenue collected since 2019 despite repeated promises to return it to small businesses in Ontario, Manitoba,...
LONG AWAITED BEACHLANDS CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN COLWOOD
City of Colwood COLWOOD - Seacliff Properties and Reliance Properties recently announced that The Beachlands construction is set to begin with their presentation centre, including a coffee shop...
BUSINESS EXAMINER CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF FOCUSING ON LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS
By Mark MacDonald VICTORIA – Business Examiner is celebrating being the voice of business on Vancouver Island for four decades this year. It was 1984 when Grant Wittkamp and Tom Neilson started the...
ALUULA COMPOSITES USED BY ARC’TERYX, DURSTON ON NEW OUTDOOR GEAR
VICTORIA – ALUULA Composites has been enlisted by Arc’teryx and Durston to produce a new ultralight brand of outdoor gear that is performance-driven and recyclable. The Canadian companies have...