Central/North Vancouver Island
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 5, 2025
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island PORT HARDY/PORT MCNEILL The North Island Community Health Centre Society is receiving support from the Port Hardy Rotary Club in the acquisition of...
CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESS IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY
COWICHAN VALLEY - Small Business Week has come and gone, but its spirit continues to shine across the Cowichan Valley. Here, small business is more than an economic engine. It is the heart of...
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 5, 2025
North Island development activity continues — new mixed-use, commercial, and redevelopment projects advance across key growth corridors. NANAIMO – 3679 Shenton Rd (mixed-use dev) Apartments –...
BENSON CABINETRY & MILLWORK ADDS PARTNER TO BUILD FOR FUTURE
SAANICHTON – Benson Cabinetry & Millwork (BCM) has grown consistently in the past number of years under owners Natalie and Tim Benson, and their decision to add a partner is expected to take the...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 4, 2025
South Island construction moves ahead — affordable housing, mixed-use, and Missing Middle projects highlight regional growth and infill activity SAANNICH – 81 Cadillac Ave (multi-family new)...
South Vancouver Island
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 5, 2025
North Island development activity continues — new mixed-use, commercial, and redevelopment projects advance across key growth corridors. NANAIMO – 3679 Shenton Rd (mixed-use dev) Apartments –...
VREB: A BALANCED VICTORIA REAL ESTATE MARKET CONTINUES TO PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH OPTIONS
VICTORIA - A total of 617 properties sold in the Victoria Real Estate Board region this October, 5.7 per cent fewer than the 654 properties sold in October 2024 and 11.4 per cent more than in...
DESTINATION GREATER VICTORIA: DRIVING HOTEL DEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAIN GROWTH IN GREATER VICTORIA
VICTORIA - Greater Victoria’s visitor economy just experienced its strongest summer in at least 10 years, thanks in large part to our successful collaboration with Destination Greater Victoria (DGV)...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 4, 2025
South Island construction moves ahead — affordable housing, mixed-use, and Missing Middle projects highlight regional growth and infill activity SAANNICH – 81 Cadillac Ave (multi-family new)...
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 4, 2025
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Paul Hadfield, owner and founder of Spinnakers Brewpub, has been recognized with the Legend Award at the 2025 BC Beer Awards. Steve Conway...
Thompson Okanagan
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
KELOWNA CHOOSES OAK VIEW GROUP TO OPERATE PROSPERA PLACE AND MNP PLACE
KELOWNA – Prospera Place, the city’s major sports and entertainment venue and home of the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets, and the MNP Place indoor sports facility will be operated by Oak...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS NOVEMBER 4, 2025
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KAMLOOPS MINISO Canada announced its expansion with a new store opening at Aberdeen Mall in Kamloops. A consortium of five First Nations in the...
KAMLOOPS CHAMBER CELEBRATES ANNUAL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the winners of the 39th Annual Business Excellence Awards, presented by MNP, Premier Sponsor. The gala, held on...
KELOWNA CHAMBER: TROIKA NAMED LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
KELOWNA - Four hundred business and community leaders were on hand as Troika was named the 2025 Large Business of the Year at the 38th Annual Kelowna Chamber Business Excellence Awards on Thursday...
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN BC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY PROVINCE-WIDE
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has released its Fall 2025 Stat Pack, a semi-annual report that examines leading economic and labour conditions across British Columbia’s...
Fraser Valley
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN BC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY PROVINCE-WIDE
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has released its Fall 2025 Stat Pack, a semi-annual report that examines leading economic and labour conditions across British Columbia’s...
REDDEN NETS SPREAD OUT TO CONSTRUCTION, SPORT APPLICATIONS
LANGLEY – As their name implies, Redden Net Custom Nets Limited provides nets. While the company started by providing nets for fishing applications, they have since spread out into many other...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 31, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Eli Brennan, Founder and COO of Moments Hospitality, has been inducted into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame. Samarpith Iyer has been appointed as the new...
OKIB CULTURAL IMMERSION SCHOOL EARNS TOP BUILDING AWARD
14th Annual REMAX Commercial Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards Held Thursday KELOWNA – The OKIB Cultural Immersion School of Vernon was named the Judges’ Choice Best Overall entry in the...
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATIONS’ PDG BUYS PAIR OF LOWER MAINLAND CASINOS
NANAIMO – River Rock Casino in Richmond and Chances Maple Ridge have been purchased by the Petroglyph Development Group (PDG) a wholly owned corporation of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. PDG’s...
Northern BC
MEI: CARNEY GOVERNMENT POSTS LARGEST DEFICIT IN CANADIAN HISTORY OUTSIDE THE PANDEMIC
OTTAWA - Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of...
BENSON CABINETRY & MILLWORK ADDS PARTNER TO BUILD FOR FUTURE
SAANICHTON – Benson Cabinetry & Millwork (BCM) has grown consistently in the past number of years under owners Natalie and Tim Benson, and their decision to add a partner is expected to take the...
DESTINATION GREATER VICTORIA: DRIVING HOTEL DEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAIN GROWTH IN GREATER VICTORIA
VICTORIA - Greater Victoria’s visitor economy just experienced its strongest summer in at least 10 years, thanks in large part to our successful collaboration with Destination Greater Victoria (DGV)...
KELOWNA CHOOSES OAK VIEW GROUP TO OPERATE PROSPERA PLACE AND MNP PLACE
KELOWNA – Prospera Place, the city’s major sports and entertainment venue and home of the Western Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets, and the MNP Place indoor sports facility will be operated by Oak...
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN BC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTING TO HIGHER COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY PROVINCE-WIDE
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has released its Fall 2025 Stat Pack, a semi-annual report that examines leading economic and labour conditions across British Columbia’s...
OKANAGAN VALLEY CHAMBERS EXPAND WORKING COUNCIL
KELOWNA - This week, two more chambers of commerce signed the Memorandum of Understanding already in force between The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Westside Board of Trade – renaming...