BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian employment was largely unchanged from the previous month, with the economy gaining 14,000 jobs (+0.1 per cent) to 21.051 million in March. The employment rate and...
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CANADIAN PATIENTS WAIT TOO LONG TO BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL INNOVATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
OTTAWA - The rigid bureaucracy and funding models of Canada’s healthcare systems slows the adoption of new medical technologies, to the detriment of patients, argues the MEI in an Economic Note...
BEST BUY CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF BUSINESS IN CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Best Buy Canada is celebrating 25 years of doing business in Canada this year. With over 300 locations across the country that highlight the latest and greatest tech, and 80...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 9, 2026
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Anita Handregan will take on the role of CEO & Registrar of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) starting April 15, 2026. Julie Maitland...
MAJORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES INCREASING IN CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Majority women-owned businesses in Canada are on the rise. Majority women-owned businesses accounted for 20.6% of all private sector businesses in Canada in the first quarter of...
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ACTIVITY PICKS UP HEADING INTO SPRING
KELOWNA - Residential real estate activity in March showed signs of gaining momentum ahead of the spring market, reports the Association of Interior Realtors (the Association). A total of 1,154...
FORTISBC PLANS INCLUDE LOWER MAINLAND, OKANAGAN AND ISLAND PROJECTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA – FortisBC Energy Inc. has submitted its 2026 long-term gas resource plan to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), and it includes projects like the Hartland Landfill...
GREEN SHEET OKANAGAN BUILDING BRIEFS: APRIL 7, 2026
Location: Columbia Shuswap Reg Dist (multi-family new) Address: 3128 Camozzi Rd, Revelstoke - Employee Housing - Revelstoke Mountain Resort Description: New employee housing development - 3...
TOURISM KAMLOOPS PRESENTS CONVENTION CENTRE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO CITY COUNCIL
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops recently presented a convention centre feasibility study to Kamloops City Council, outlining how purpose-built event infrastructure can help grow year-round visitation,...
THOMPSON OKANAGAN MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 7, 2026
News Influencing Thompson Okanagan Business KAMLOOPS Acres took home two awards at the Northern Regional Construction Association Constructing Excellence Awards in Excellence in Innovation and...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS APRIL 2, 2026
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Cari Watson has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Client Experience and Digital at Westland Insurance Group Ltd. Jody Bellefleur has been named...
ICBA ECONOMICS: THE SHIFTING SANDS OF INTERPROVINCIAL MIGRATION TRENDS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Recently released data from Statistics Canada show that in the final quarter of 2025, B.C. recorded a net inflow of about 1,200 interprovincial migrants. While modest, this marks...
PORT OPERATOR DP WORLD MARKS 20 YEARS IN CANADA
VANCOUVER – DP World marks 20 years of operations in Canada with the acknowledgement that it has spent over $1.7 billion since 2006 to build, expand, and modernize critical supply chain...
BUSINESS COALITION CALLS ON BC NDP TO SCRAP ADDED PST
VANCOUVER – A group of prominent and influential business leaders has called on the NDP government to eliminate the recently announced expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax to a wide range of...
BCREA: CANADIAN ECONOMY EXPERIENCED MODEST GROWTH IN JANUARY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian real GDP grew by 0.1 per cent in January after increasing by 0.2 per cent in December. Goods-producing sectors rose by 0.2 per cent, while service-producing industries...
BELL CANADA AND BUZZ HPC PARTNERSHIP ADVANCES AI INFRASTRUCTURE IN MERRITT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Bell Canada announced the continued growth of Bell AI Fabric through an expanded partnership with BUZZ High Performance Computing (HPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of HIVE Digital...