BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) released its 2024 Second Quarter Housing Forecast. Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) residential sales in BC are forecast to...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: HOUSEHOLD FORMATION, IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING MARKETS
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist BRITISH COLUMBIA - The 2024 federal budget unveiled dozens of new initiatives intended to address Canada’s unfolding housing affordability and supply crisis....
TIGH-NA-MARA SEASIDE SPA RESORT IS HOSPITALITY/TOURISM BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
PARKSVILLE - Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort, a beloved destination for 40-plus years, recently received the award of Hospitality/Tourism Business of the Year at the 23rd Annual MNP LLP Vancouver...
COWICHAN VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: PUBLIC AND BUSINESS INPUT SOUGHT ON ECONOMIC FUTURE
DUNCAN – Economic Development Cowichan (EDC) is creating a comprehensive Strategic Plan to guide its activities over the next 5 years, and has launched a series of surveys seeking input from...
NANAIMO COLUMN: DAMSELS CELEBRATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FITZWILLIAM STREET STORE
PLATO’S CLOSET OPENS USED TEEN/ADULT RETAIL OUTLET ON METRAL DRIVE NANAIMO - Congratulations to Dee Klein on celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Damsels clothing store on Fitzwilliam...
MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 24, 2024 – BUSINESS EXAMINER VANCOUVER ISLAND
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND The big house, or Gukwdzi, of the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations is almost ready to be opened after more than 60 years. Decisions,...
UCLUELET BREWING CO: PUB IS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE
UCLUELET – Ucluelet Brewing Co. is much more than a producer of award winning beers in an award winning building. “We’re a community pub, a gathering place,” says owner and founder Dennis Morgan....
TOWN OF LADYSMITH: SMALL SCALE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING CHANGES
LADYSMITH - In November 2023, the Province passed new small scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH) legislation under the Local Government Act. The Town of Ladysmith and other municipalities, are required...
4 CRA-RELATED SCAMS TO STAY VIGILANT ABOUT THIS TAX SEASON
By Jeff Buckstein, Originally published by CPA Canada's news site. BRITISH COLUMBIA - From false warnings of compromised accounts to the use of AI to create fake news, tax scammers keep finding new...
HUNTINGDON MANOR HOTEL INTRODUCES NEW TOP FLOOR LOFTS
VICTORIA – The Huntingdon Manor Hotel property on Quebec Street has been a longstanding focal point in downtown Victoria, and they now have a whole new look for its top floor. The third floor of the...
BIABC: IMPACT OF CRIME & VANDALISM & THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOCAL POINTS
KAMLOOPS - Next week, representatives from Business Improvement Areas of BC, representing 70 business districts and more than 55,000 businesses on main streets and downtowns across our province,...
COMOX VALLEY CHAMBER OPENS BUSINESS HUB LOCATION MAY 9th
COMOX VALLEY - After over a year of remote operations, the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Chamber Business Hub, a dynamic office space designed to...
WEST FRASER ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF SALE TO ATLAS HOLDINGS
BRITISH COLUMBIA - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX and NYSE: WFG) announced that the Company has completed the sale of its Quesnel River Pulp mill, and its Slave Lake Pulp mill to an affiliate of a...
BC CANCER CENTRE IN NANAIMO MOVES FORWARD
NANAIMO – A business plan for the new BC Cancer centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) has been approved. The three-storey centre will be built next to the ambulatory care building. It...
FRASER INSTITUE: NO EVIDENCE OF INCREASING DROUGHTS, FLOODS, HURRICANES AND WILDFIRES, DESPITE ACTIVIST CLAIMS
OTTAWA - Contrary to claims by many climate activists and politicians, extreme weather events—including forest fires, droughts, floods and hurricanes—are not increasing in frequency or intensity,...
FEDERAL BUDGET: YOU CAN’T SOLVE A PRODUCTIVITY EMERGENCY WITH TAX HIKES
Under Justin Trudeau, The federal Government has Hired 0ver 98,000 New Bureaucrats OTTAWA – The increase in the capital gains tax inclusion rate will further exacerbate Canada’s productivity lag,...