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Malahat Skywalk Wins VIREB Commercial Building Awards
PARKSVILLE – Malahat Skywalk was the Judges’ Choice, Best Overall Winner of the 15th Annual Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards, Thursday, April 28 at the Tigh Na Mara...
Chamber AGM Celebrates Strange But Successful Year
VICTORIA - I’m not sure if 2021 was the most unusual year in the almost 160-year history of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. It definitely was a time of unique yet connected challenges,...
Electric Vehicles Make Cents Now, But Will They Always?
BRITISH COLUMBIA - It would be shocking if there is still anyone in the automobile business that doesn’t view electric vehicles as part of the industry’s future. With the top-down push towards...
Helping People in Pain Propels Equilibrium Clinics
Victoria Company Named Health Care Business of the Year In BE Awards VICTORIA - Equilibrium Therapy was born out of a desire to help people in pain and to provide an exceptional experience to...
BCREA: Recovery Dashboard – April 27, 2022
BRITISH COLUMBIA - In BC in March, sales, starts and new listings declined. Sales rose in the Kootenay and Northern regions, while declining in all other areas of the province. Rental costs in...
BC Increases Forest Revenue Sharing with First Nations
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Province of BC is more than doubling the forestry revenues that will be shared with First Nations as part of the work to co-develop a new forestry revenue-sharing model. This...
Some Good News for Small Business
Grant Thornton LLP Analyzes 2022 Federal Budget BRITISH COLUMBIA - Small business deductions introduced in the 2022 Federal Budget means good news in terms of a reduced corporate tax rate, says...
Advisory: 6 Steps Every Small Business Can Take to Win at Digital Advertising in 2022
With so many marketing avenues to choose from, it may be hard to choose which should be your top priority. In today’s digitally-connected world, paid advertising remains the most consistent and...
Promote Your Organisation Through the Best of the Westshore Awards
WEST SHORE – It’s registration time again! The Best of the WestShore Awards is an annual awards program that is brought to you thanks to a partnership between the Goldstream Gazette and the...
Recovery Trending Better Than Predicted
VICTORIA - There is a lot of excitement in the Greater Victoria community. It appears the visitor economy is on the verge of a bounce back spring and summer, and those of us at Destination Greater...
April Capital Region Commercial Real Estate Report
COLWOOD A former Petro-Canada commercial vehicle fuelling and service centre along Sooke Road near Kelly Road is being transformed into an office block. Construction is underway on a two-storey...
BCCPA: BC Springs Forward With Strong Economy
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The following report is an economic update on consumer spending, growing labour shortages, and inflationary and interest rate pressures. Household spending picks up pace entering...
SURVEY REVEALS MAJOR SHIFTS IN BC’s CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Labour Supply Still Top Issue Even As Trades Diversify and Offer Greater Stability, Earnings BRITISH COLUMBIA - The findings of the annual BC Construction Association (BCCA) Industry Survey...
From a Challenging Year Comes Remarkable Quality BC Wine
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Wine Growers British Columbia (WGBC) has released the annual BC Wine Grape 2021 Vintage Report, which reveals another harvest of impressive quality achieved through expert...
Commentary: Questions Raised About Costly Saanich Megaproject
VICTORIA - Taxpayers in Saanich live in interesting times, which are about to get a whole lot more interesting. While still smarting from the latest lottery-like payout to a departing executive,...