Business

Bank of Canada keeps rate on hold, sees brighter economic outlook

The key rate remains at 0.25 per cent where it has held steady for more than a year

Apr 21, 2021 7:50 AM Read more >

B.C. restaurants to get COVID-19 ‘circuit breaker’ grant extension

Tourism promised $100 million boost when travel resumes

Apr 20, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >

B.C. moves to protect employee pay for COVID-19 vaccination

Most won’t need to take time off work, labour minister says

Apr 19, 2021 12:10 PM Read more >

Styrofoam done as a takeout option on Island’s Pacific Rim

Tofino and Ucluelet ban polystyrene take-out containers

Apr 19, 2021 9:30 AM Read more >

Rogers investigating after wireless customers complain of widespread outage

According to Down Detector, problems are being reported in most major Canadian cities

Apr 19, 2021 9:10 AM Read more >

Annual pace of housing starts posts 21.6 per cent increase in March

CMHC says the six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates was 273,664 in March

Apr 19, 2021 8:15 AM Read more >

One year after crude turned negative, oilpatch relishes first-quarter profit outlook

Expectations are high for the Canadian oilpatch’s first-quarter results season

Apr 18, 2021 4:00 PM Read more >

New pet poop-scooping business picks up in Sooke

Poop No More service taking the ‘dirty work’ out of lawn cleaning

Apr 18, 2021 5:30 AM Read more >

Micro brewery proposed for Jordan River

Jordan River Brewing Company envisions to build wholesale, sit-in brewery along Highway 14

Apr 17, 2021 3:00 PM Read more >

East Sooke carpenter builds the ultimate tree fort

East Sooke Treehouse takes flight as an Airbnb

Apr 17, 2021 5:30 AM Read more >