Business

2021 home sales set Canadian new record, tops previous high by 20 per cent

CREA says about 667,000 residential properties changed hands in 2021

Jan 18, 2022 11:30 AM Read more >

Grocery store closures loom amid labour, product shortages

Employee absenteeism due to COVID-19 protocols and illness hitting about 30 per cent in some stores

Jan 18, 2022 11:30 AM Read more >

Federal decision on fish farms prompts closure of B.C. processing plant: company

Plant employed 80 people and was operational for four years

Jan 18, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >

Federal decision on fish farms prompts closure of B.C. processing plant: company

Plant employed 80 people and was operational for four years

Jan 18, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >

Union, company consider mediator’s proposal at B.C.’s biggest open pit copper mine

Teck, Steelworkers at B.C.’s Highland Valley Copper mull mediator’s contract proposal

Jan 17, 2022 1:30 PM Read more >

Oil Sands Alliance to focus on industry sustainability, advancing net-zero ambitions

It is not clear whether the new organization will be involved in political lobbying

Jan 15, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

Grocery store workers call refusal to reinstate pandemic pay ‘insulting’

$2-an hour pay premium previously offered by grocers made a difference to employees

Jan 15, 2022 2:37 PM Read more >

Victoria restaurants launch reuseable takeout container program

City estimates 75,000 single-use items are trashed every day

Jan 15, 2022 2:00 PM Read more >

Netflix upping U.S., Canada prices with competition growing

Prices are going up by $1 to $2, depending on the plan

Jan 15, 2022 8:37 AM Read more >

B.C.’s value-added forest industry pleads for old-growth wood

‘We’re talking months until we’re running out’

Jan 13, 2022 2:55 PM Read more >