OTTAWA - Canada's construction industry employs an estimated 1.5 million people, making it an important driver of our economy. In 2016, industry stakeholders raised the long-standing issue of...
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CANADIAN HOME SELLERS JOINING BUYERS ON THE SIDELINES
OTTAWA – Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales were little changed on a month-over-month basis in November 2023. The actual (not...
ICE GROUP OF COMPANIES STANDS OUT AS LEADING INTEGRATED FIRM
LANGLEY – ICE Group of Companies (ICE GOC) has been able to successfully help a Victoria home builder expand into a multifamily building space, which helped create more homes and investment...
ADVISORY: SET YOUR TEAM UP FOR SUCCESS
VANCOUVER ISLAND - In today’s world, we live in a diverse environment in terms of culture, race, demographics and experience. Diversity at work brings in creativity, innovation, empathy, and social...
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IS FOCUS FOR GROWING ECOFISH RESEARCH
NANAIMO – As environmental awareness has increased over the past decades, so has business for Ecofish Research Ltd. President Adam Lewis, who founded the company in his basement in Richmond in 2001...
Victoria Foundation Grants $550,000 to Local Organizations
VICTORIA - The Victoria Foundation has allocated $550,000 to 14 local organizations in the Capital Region, dedicated to addressing climate change through nature-based solutions, encompassing 12...
BCREA: SOFTENING HOME SALES BUT PRICES REMAIN FIRM ACROSS BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 4,630 residential unit sales were recorded in Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) systems in November...
Better Seafood Supply Benefits from Provincial Food Processing Fund
BRITISH COLUMBIA - BC food-processing companies looking to scale up and feed more people are benefiting from a program that is helping them increase their businesses’ productivity and...
Canada’s Forest Sector Key to Tackling Housing Crisis While Bolstering Climate Resiliency
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadians are facing a housing dilemma. We must build 5.8 million affordable homes by 2030, triple our current building capacity. And while party leaders and voters across the...
Sunshine Earth Labs Ltd. and Optimi Health Corp. Announce Strategic Supply Agreement
VICTORIA - Sunshine Earth Labs Ltd., a biosciences company that aims to provide harm reduction products to the global market, announced it has entered into a supply agreement with Optimi Health...
Bank of Canada Holds at 5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 5%, with the Bank Rate at 5¼% and the deposit rate at 5%. The Bank is continuing its policy of quantitative tightening....
BC Airports Receiving Funding to Improve Safety
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadians rely on safe and well-maintained local and regional airports to provide essential air services, including community resupply, air ambulance, search and rescue, and...
BC Lions To Host 2024 Touchdown Pacific In Victoria Aug. 31
VICTORIA – The Canadian Football League (CFL), the BC Lions and the City of Victoria are proud to announce an exciting next step in growing the game across Canada: Touchdown Pacific. “This is a...
CPABC: Greater Victoria’s Service Sector Expands In 2023 As The Labour Force Grows
VICTORIA - According to BC Check-Up: Work, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on labour market trends across the province, there were 233,100...
Green Coast Heat Pumps Leads Team To Help Little League Baseball
CENTRAL SAANICH – Teamwork between two local companies has resulted in some great news for Little League baseball teams in Central Saanich. Green Coast Heat Pumps Inc. owner Darcy Cross pulled in...
Deep-Ocean Argo Floats Expand Climate Impact Monitoring in NE Pacific
VICTORIA - Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has expanded the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with the deployment of new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down...