Business

Canadian Christmas spending could shrink 4 to 12%; travel, leisure activities most affected: survey

Level of COVID-19 resurgence will determine how much spending is impacted, says HelloSafe

Dec 20, 2021 5:00 AM Read more >

Business is up heading into 2022, but so too are worries about paying off COVID debt

Report last month found that 15.1% businesses expected to have ‘major challenges’ repaying government aid

Dec 19, 2021 11:00 AM Read more >

Grim 2022 outlook for B.C.’s small business sector

Business sector report calls for more government fiscal help

Dec 17, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >

Classic Colwood cafe closing, new restaurant coming

Royal Roads Cafe, near the university, was open for decades before being sold

Dec 17, 2021 8:45 AM Read more >

B.C. government looks to assist more low-carbon building solutions

$5M CleanBC building innovation fund opens for applications

Dec 16, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >

Macklem vows clarity so Canadians trust Bank of Canada as inflation stays at 4.7%

‘Price stability is job one, because if we don’t get that right, nothing else is going to work’

Dec 15, 2021 1:30 PM Read more >

Adjusted bylaw waives business license fees in Sidney for 2022

Measure passes 5-2 with Couns. Scott Garnett and Terri O’Keeffe opposed

Dec 14, 2021 3:00 PM Read more >

More time needed for B.C. groundwater registration, opposition says

B.C. Liberals, Greens says most well owners unaware

Dec 14, 2021 9:55 AM Read more >

Bank of Canada to maintain inflation mandate, consider job market in rate decisions

BoC may decide to allow inflation to sit closer to either end of the bank’s target range

Dec 13, 2021 1:30 PM Read more >

Damaged parks, reduced holiday travel among impacts of flood on B.C. tourism

Floods compound losses from wildfires this summer and lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Dec 13, 2021 9:00 AM Read more >