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...
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VANCOUVER ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS
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...
MID ISLAND CO-OP BUYS DISCOVERY FOODS
CAMPBELL RIVER – Mid Island Co-op is back in the grocery store business on the North Island, as they have purchased Discovery Foods Limited’s two locations in Campbell River and Oyster River. Mid...
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...
BANK OF CANADA REDUCES RATE TO 2.25%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%. With the effects of US trade...
YELLOW SHEET CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: OCTOBER 29, 2025
North Island projects advance across health care, housing, and commercial sectors — construction and planning activity steady through fall 2025. NANAIMO – 1200 Dufferin Cres (institutional...
CENTRAL/NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 29, 2025
News Impacting Central and North Vancouver Island PORT HARDY/PORT MCNEILL The District of Port Hardy is calling on qualified contractors and energy professionals to provide quotes for the design,...
COASTLINE STATION BUILDING HONOURS LANTZVILLE VILLAGE CORE
LANTZVILLE – When cousins Kyle and Randy McNaught, along with their project partners, acquired property on Lantzville Road in June, 2023, they thought long and hard about how to build a project that...
BCREA REPORT: CORE SALES UP IN AUGUST
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian retail sales increased by 1.0 per cent to $70.4 billion in August compared to the previous month. Compared to the same time last year, retail sales were up by 4.9 per...
BC PROJECTED DEBT IS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES WHAT IT WAS A DECADE AGO
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The British Columbia government’s projected net debt (total debt minus financial assets) in 2027/28 is more than four times higher than what the province’s debt was in 2016/17,...
YELLOW SHEET SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND BUILDING BRIEFS: OCTOBER 28, 2025
South Island construction moves ahead — affordable housing, mixed-use, and Missing Middle projects highlight regional growth and infill activity SAANNICH – 2249 McCoy Rd (multi-family new)...
BRITISH COLUMBIA MOVERS & SHAKERS OCTOBER 24, 2025
News Influencing Decision Makers in BC Daphne Shelton has been appointed as Director of Commercial Development at the Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA). Shelton brings her experience as...
EDITORIAL: PROFESSIONAL RELIANCE ACT COULD SPEED UP HOME BUILDING SIGNIFICANTLY
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Construction and development is mired in a quagmire of duplicity and bureaucratic red tape in the vast majority of cities and towns in British Columbia. It’s a well-known fact...
B.C. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS SEEK SUPPORT
BRITISH COLUMBIA - A significant uptake in business tools and advice points to a growing need for guidance by B.C.'s women entrepreneurs, with WeBC reporting a 43 per cent increase in program use in...