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Canfor to buy 70 per cent stake in Swedish Vida Group for $580 million

Canfor to buy 70 per cent stake in Swedish Vida Group for $580 million

The privately held company has nine sawmills in southern Sweden with an annual production capacity of 1.1 billion board feet.
Want to buy your first home? Move to Kamloops or Prince George

Want to buy your first home? Move to Kamloops or Prince George

Kamloops, Prince George, Campbell River and Langford are the only other markets in the study without gaps between required and actual income in owning a home.
Taxis in bus lanes not being considered, Victoria Transit chair says

Taxis in bus lanes not being considered, Victoria Transit chair says

Susan Brice responds to a cab driver’s request for access to Douglas Street priority lanes
Gas prices on Vancouver Island to drop six cents

Gas prices on Vancouver Island to drop six cents

But a ‘volatile’ market could lead to increases in the coming weeks
Canada Post no longer guarantees delivery times amid more rotating strikes

Canada Post no longer guarantees delivery times amid more rotating strikes

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers closed two major processing centres in Ontario and B.C.
University of Victoria to get a Starbucks in fall 2019

University of Victoria to get a Starbucks in fall 2019

Finerty Express at the UVic Bookstore to change licence
B.C. health care payroll tax approved, takes effect Jan. 1

B.C. health care payroll tax approved, takes effect Jan. 1

Employers calculating cost, including property taxes increases
Victoria brewery re-brands again after cryptic new logo failed

Victoria brewery re-brands again after cryptic new logo failed

Vancouver Island Brewing said goodbye to its confusing hexagon logo
B.C. forest ministry cutting back on use of herbicide glyphosate

B.C. forest ministry cutting back on use of herbicide glyphosate

Faster-growing seedlings, need for aspen to provide moose winter feed
Victoria’s longest-running, original location business is older than Canada

Victoria’s longest-running, original location business is older than Canada

W&J Wilson Clothiers is also the oldest family-run clothing business in North America