This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine BRITISH COLUMBIA - Every few years, we witness new vocabulary emerge into the BC forest sector’s world. The most...
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EDITORIAL: PROVINCE SHOULD STOP RELYING ON BOOM-AND-BUST NATURAL GAS REVENUES TO FUND ONGOING PROGRAMS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia government should stop relying on volatile boom-and-bust resource revenues—like the Alberta government—and fundamentally change its fiscal approach, finds a...
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SEE RENEWED FUNDING
BRITISH COLUMBIA - UBCM, the Province of B.C. and the federal government have announced that a new administrative agreement has been signed to renew the delivery of the Canada Community-Building...
MOVERS & SHAKERS VICTORIA FOR JULY 9, 2024
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Stevenson Luchies & Legh welcomes Stephen C. Lyons and adds Matthew Nefstead and Maliki Suppin to their team. Dale Bracewell has...
MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES (MSIS) DRIVING TIME-LOSS CLAIMS WITH WORKSAFEBC
MSIs have resulted in more than $2 billion in claim costs in the last five years BRITISH COLUMBIA — WorkSafeBC is drawing attention to the impact of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) in B.C....
WESTSHORE CHAMBER: NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES FOR BEST OF THE WESTSHORE AWARDS 2024
WESTSHORE - It’s that time of year again! Nominations and voting are open for Best of the WestShore Awards. Nominations are open until July 31, and voting takes place through September 2. This...
STANLEY CUP PARADE COMING TO VICTORIA
VICTORIA - If all goes as planned, Victoria will finally get its Stanley Cup parade in honour of the last team from B.C. to win the coveted trophy 100 years earlier. In 1925, the Western Canada...
BC’S EXPANDED HEAT-PUMP PROGRAM
BRITISH COLUMBIA – B.C.’s expanded heat-pump program is now taking applications with savinsg up to $24,000 when making the switch. The CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program is open and is...
VANCITY FORMS NEW INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancity recently announced its newly formed Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC), an independent group dedicated to guiding Vancity’s Indigenous Banking Strategy. The group will...
BC HYDRO EXPANDING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER ISLAND – BC Hydro has announced it will build more than $3 billion in capital projects on Vancouver Island over the next decade to upgrade and expand the electricity grid and provide clean...
JUNE 2024 LABOUR FORCE REPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In response to the June 2024 Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada, a BCREA Report stated that Canadian employment was largely unchanged from the previous month, contracting by...
BCBC: BC SURVIVING, NOT THRIVING SAYS NEW PROSPERITY BENCHMARKING REPORT
By Braden McMillan, Business Council of British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA - According to the 2024 B.C. Prosperity Index, released today by the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC), B.C....
GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR EV CHARGERS ACROSS CANADA
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is taking action to make it more affordable for Canadians to purchase, charge and drive electric vehicles (EVs) across the country while driving toward a net-zero...
BCREA: LANDLORDS TAKE NOTICE – RECENT AMENDMENTS TO BC TENANCY LEGISLATION #574
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The BC residential rental market has been a very hot topic lately in many different business and social circles. Restrictions imposed on the short-term rental market have taken...
COFI: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine By Linda Coady BRITISH COLUMBIA - A dramatic drop in harvest levels is putting the benefits created by BC’s forest...
ADVISORY: SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO BC’S GLOBAL CUSTOMERS
This article was published in the Spring 2024 issue of the Truck Logger BC Magazine BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following Canfor’s recent announcement, I find myself reflecting on my forestry career, which...