Business

Port Alberni prepares to host inaugural Indigenous Forestry Conference

Conference will come to the Alberni Valley on Sept. 10 and 11

Sep 6, 2024 10:11 AM Read more >

Variable mortgages coming back as interest rate decline continues

Once-popular payment method fell out of favour when Canada’s interest rate-hiking cycle began

Sep 5, 2024 6:40 AM Read more >

Bank of Canada cuts interest rate again, says future cuts ‘reasonable’

Key lending rate drops to 4.25 per cent as inflation continues to ease

Sep 4, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

Statistics Canada says country posted $684M merchandise trade surplus

Both imports and exports dropped in July, although not at the same rate

Sep 4, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

Esquimalt's Lighthouse Brewery spotlights Peninsula farm with new 'core beer'

Peninsula Pale features malt from Field Five in Central Saanich

Aug 31, 2024 5:49 AM Read more >

Back-to-school sticker shock sees parents making hard decisions

Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals as years of inflation take a toll

Aug 30, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

Nanaimo mountain biker looking to license his 'mind-bending' bike design

Chris Hudec's mountain bike designs defy conventional wisdom about bike suspension

Aug 30, 2024 10:37 AM Read more >

B.C. building code relaxes stairwell requirements to encourage building

Developers now allowed single stairwells in buildings up to 6 storeys

Aug 30, 2024 7:20 AM Read more >

Teamsters appeal binding arbitration to end Canada’s rail shutdown

Union says federal government’s move a ‘dangerous precedent’ as it files court action

Aug 30, 2024 6:30 AM Read more >

B.C. bar boasts Canada's largest whisky collection, 1,300 'expressions'

'There's so many bottles we had to reinforce the shelves in the lounge,' whisky curator says

Aug 28, 2024 2:59 PM Read more >