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Vecima Delivers High-Performance Video Streaming for Operators During Super Bowl LVII
VICTORIA - Vecima Networks Inc. announced that its MediaScale™ Streaming platform delivered 100 percent uptime performance for its service provider customers globally during Super Bowl LVII on...
Regaining The United States Market
VICTORIA - On the heels of an impressive comeback year achieved largely though domestic travel, Destination Greater Victoria (DGV) is looking to continue our region’s post-pandemic recovery with an...
Deadline Approaches For Future of Rail on Island Corridor
GREATER VICTORIA - Valentine’s Day was an appropriate date to hear from Chamber partners hoping for a little something special as all levels of government announce their financial plans for the year...
Camosun Partners with Visionary Education for On-Campus Film Studio
VICTORIA – Camosun College has selected Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc., a global education provider headquartered in Toronto, to help turn plans for an on-campus film studio with...
BIABC Urges Province to Address Vandalism and Property Crime
BRITISH COLUMBIA – BIABC, the organization that represents downtowns and main streets in 70 business districts across BC, is urging the province to create a fund that will support initiatives aimed...
DECEMBER 2022 RETAIL SALES UPDATE
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian seasonally-adjusted retail sales rose 0.5 per cent in December to $62.1 billion. Sales rose in seven of eleven subsectors but were led by higher sales at motor vehicle...
PRT Growing Services Acquires Alberta Facility
VICTORIA - PRT Growing Services Ltd., North American producer of container-grown forest seedlings, announced it has reached an agreement with Woodmere Nursery Ltd. to acquire its nursery in...
CRD Arts & Culture Approves Funding To Arts Organizations
VICTORIA – The CRD Arts Commission has awarded annual operating grants to 22 arts organizations in the region. Grant recipients will receive $589,850 this year. When combined with multi-year grants,...
Rental Homes Coming to Langford
LANGFORD - There are 130 new affordable rental and supportive homes coming to Langford and Victoria. Fifty-eight rental units are open at 2782 Spencer Rd., in partnership with the Capital Region...
District of Saanich a Top Employer
SAANICH – The District of Saanich has been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2023, affirming its position as a preferred employer where skilled and enthusiastic professionals aspire to work and...
National Home Sales Decline in January
OTTAWA - Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS Systems edged back down 3 per cent between December 2022 and January 2023, giving back all of December’s small gains and rejoining the mild downward...
BC Ferries Traffic Hits High in Third Quarter
VICTORIA – BC Ferries released its results for the three months ending December 31, 2022 and vehicle traffic levels hit a record high again as customers revert to pre-pandemic travel patterns....
Victoria Chamber Announces 2023 Business Awards Finalists
VICTORIA – The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the finalists for The Chamber’s 2023 Greater Victoria Business Awards. The finalists, listed below, have distinguished...
Our Place Society Operates New Saanich Homes
SAANICH - Thanks to a partnership between the Province through BC Housing, the federal government and the Capital Regional District (CRD), 52 new homes with 24/7 support services are now available...
BC Chamber of Commerce Calls on Government to Reduce Costs on Business
BRITISH COLUMBIA — In advance of the Government of British Columbia’s release of Budget 2023, expected at the end of February, representatives from the BC Chamber of Commerce were in Victoria to...