KDLLP BREAKS GROUND ON RIVERS EDGE HOUSING PROJECT
DUNCAN – KDLLP, the development arm of Khowutzun Development Corporation owned by the Cowichan Tribe, has broken ground on Rivers Edge, a 200-unit housing project at 222 Cowichan Way. The mixed-use...
OPINION: A POSSIBLE REMEDY FOR OUR FOREST FUTURE
VANCOUVER ISLAND - Over 30 years ago, I walked into a school portable on a rainy day in Port Alberni. The room was full of forest industry workers hunched over computer terminals trying to learn new...
NEXT STEPS TO RECENT CHANGES TO TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM
OTTAWA - Following up on changes announced to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program announced on August 26th, Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island NORTH ISLAND Scotiabank is hiring a Customer Experience Lead in Port Hardy. Foundry Port Hardy, alongside the North Island Crisis and Counselling...
BCREA: AUGUST 2024 INFLATION SHOWS MORTGAGE INTERESTS COSTS UP
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.0 per cent on a year-over-year basis in August, down from a 2.5 per cent increase in July. This marks the...
PROVINCE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ON BUILDING MORE HOUSING WITH ZONING EXTENSIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Province has granted extensions to 21 B.C. local governments to provide them more time to amend zoning bylaws and upgrade infrastructure for some, or all, of their community....
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