BRITISH COLUMBIA - One of the more subtle casualties of the Covid Pandemic has been membership in Chambers of Commerce throughout the province. When the business organization decided to shift its...
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VRBA: Trudeau Has “Carriage” of Indexing GST Rebate to Inflation
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Trudeau recently said: “I’ll be blunt as well — housing isn’t a primary federal responsibility. It’s not something that we have direct carriage of. But it is something that...
BCREA: BC Housing Market Resilient Despite High Rates
BCREA 2023 Third Quarter Housing Forecast BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2023 Third Quarter Housing Forecast Update recently. Multiple Listing...
Coastal Community Donates $20,000 for Wildfire Relief Efforts
The Credit Union supports the Canadian Red Cross BC Fires Appeal with a donation to help people in need VANCOUVER ISLAND — With thousands of British Columbians impacted by an unprecedented wildfire...
New Owners at Cooper Pacific Mortgage Investment Corporation
VICTORIA – A passing of the torch is taking place at the Cooper Pacific Mortgage Investment Corporation family firm. Morley Cooper, who founded the company in 1994 in Victoria, together with a group...
Landmark MOU Hailed As “Reconcili-Action”
Indigenous Company RavenStone Construction Signed As Main Sub-Contractor On West Vista Neighborhood Project NORTH COWICHAN – A signed Memorandum Of Understanding between RavenStone Construction and...
Another Record Quarter For Vehicle And Passenger Traffic
VICTORIA – BC Ferries released its results for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and traffic hit another record high. In the three months ended June 30, 2023, BC Ferries carried 5.8 million...
Retail Sales in British Columbia Declined In June
OTTAWA - Retail sales increased 0.1 per cent to $65.9 billion in June. Sales increased in three of nine subsectors and were led by increases at motor vehicle and parts dealers (+2.5 per cent). Core...
BCREA: Canadian Retail Sales – June 2023
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales increased 0.1 per cent in June to $65.9 billion, led by sales by motor vehicles and parts dealers. Excluding volatile items, sales were down 0.9 per cent...
Nanaimo Airport On Target To Meet Net Zero Goal
Continual Improvement And Development At Growing Central Island Facility NANAIMO - Nanaimo Airport is doing its part in reaching the government’s Net Zero targets by 2030 and has achieved Airport...
Environmental Cistern Cleaning Offers Environmentally Safe, Chemical Free Option
NANAIMO – Environmental Cistern Cleaning Inc. has pioneered and developed the environmental solution to cistern and reservoir cleaning. Partners Geoffrey Montgomery-Swan and Sabina Montgomery-Swan...
ADVISORY: Strata Property Managers: What to Consider
VANCOUVER ISLAND - According to Statistics Canada, from 2019 to 2020, over half of all new houses in BC were condos. If you are part of a strata corporation, your strata may be self-managed or...
Redbrick Acquires Animoto, Cloud-based Video Creation Platform
VICTORIA - Redbrick announces its acquisition of Animoto, an easy-to-use video creation software that allows users to make and share professional video content. Animoto’s patented Cinematic AI...
Keeping It Clean in Victoria With Modern Purair
VICTORIA – As one of Canada’s fastest growing indoor air quality companies, Modern Purair has provided duct work in thousands of commercial buildings, residential homes, high-rise apartments,...
Elizabeth Brown Appointed President and CEO of Victoria Airport Authority
VICTORIA - Cathie Ounsted, Chair of the Board of Directors of Victoria Airport Authority (VAA), announced that following a rigorous executive search process, Elizabeth Brown has been appointed...
Insurance Guidance To Residents Affected By Wildfires In BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA - With hundreds of active wildfires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has deployed its Virtual Community Assistance Mobile Pavilion...