Business

Companies have modest hiring plans, low wage growth expectations, Bank of Canada says

The survey also finds that wage growth is widely expected to slow over the next year

Oct 19, 2020 7:50 AM Read more >

Searching for your next home? This Victoria-focused app makes it easy!

Use the technology you know to find the home you’ll love

Oct 19, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >

Esquimalt welcomes two new art spaces

Pottery studio, community arts hub opening this month

Oct 18, 2020 3:00 PM Read more >

Lifelong chocolatier quietly opens in old Casey’s Market in Oak Bay

Bob Attwell adds housemade chocolates, sandwiches to ice cream shop

Oct 18, 2020 2:30 PM Read more >

For small businesses that survive COVID, recovery is expected to be difficult

CFIB wants the government to help small business owners recover by suspending evictions

Oct 18, 2020 2:30 PM Read more >

Canadian whisky company captures Nanaimo bar in a bottle

Forty Creek Nanaimo Bar Cream liqueur has driven ‘renewed interest’ in the brand

Oct 16, 2020 4:00 PM Read more >

B.C. Liberals pledge $750M to build or buy more social housing

Rents, urban housing prices still going up in COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 2:30 PM Read more >

Horgan on delayed tourism, small business aid: ‘It’s happening now, dude’

$300M grant program opens eight months after money approved

Oct 16, 2020 11:55 AM Read more >

Canada records record home sales for September, up 45.6% from 2019

Actual national average home price in September was a record $604,000

Oct 15, 2020 11:10 AM Read more >

Landlords sue Hudson’s Bay for unpaid rent, retailer says malls aren’t ‘first class’

The coming months could see more disputes emerge as shoppers turn to e-commerce

Oct 14, 2020 4:30 PM Read more >