BCREA: BC SEES DECREASE IN HOUSING STARTS FOR FEBRUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian housing starts increased 4 per cent from the previous month, totalling 250,900 units in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). Starts were up 13 per cent...
IWCD CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF BUILDING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
NANAIMO – To Greg Constable, it seems like yesterday that Norm McNabb asked him if he could build the Nored Plaza strip mall adjacent to Woodgrove Centre. That was the start of Island West Coast...
UVIC RECEIVES $15 MILLION TO ADVANCE CLIMATE, HEALTH AND OCEAN DISCOVERY
VICTORIA - University of Victoria (UVic) researchers have been awarded $15.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for equipment and instruments to advance research related to...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: MARCH 17, 2026
A number of South Island projects are now moving out of approvals and into pre-construction or early construction activity. SAANICH – 3861 Cadboro Bay Rd (multi-family new) Townhouses – The Daisy...
SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS MARCH 17, 2026
News Impacting Southern Vancouver Island Business VICTORIA Allison Bond, a former deputy minister at the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, will be taking over as chief executive...
CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF THE WESTSHORE CHAMBER
WESTSHORE - The WestShore Chamber of Commerce started life as the Colwood and Districts Chamber of Commerce on October 10, 1956. We are proud to have been serving our community for 70 years,...
