Long a boring commodity, B.C. lumber prices soar to stratospheric highs
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 00:56:24 +0000
Prices have more than tripled in the last year, hitting US$1,330 per 1,000 board feet
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Rental building for Indigenous tenants opens on Boundary Road in East Vancouver
Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 23:08:10 +0000
Vancouver mayor says low-cost construction financing from Ottawa key to more affordable rents on projects like Lu’ma Native Housing Society development
Read moreB.C. small businesses find ways to win despite the pandemic
Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 21:27:33 +0000
Record number of people voted to nominate a small business in their community for outstanding service or products
Read moreBuy Nothing concept thrives throughout COVID-19 pandemic
Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 00:08:33 +0000
The Buy Nothing movement is as much about community and meeting your neighbours as it is about a gift economy for goods and services.
Read more'Why we survive': B.C. boundary towns struggle without Albertans during pandemic
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 08 May 2021 15:57:41 +0000
The picturesque resort town of Fernie in southeastern B.C., less than an hour from the boundary, is hoping Albertans will continue coming this summer.
Read moreConversations That Matter: Perseverance in B.C.'s oilpatch
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 07 May 2021 14:00:14 +0000
A conversation about refusing to give up despite the odds
Read moreCOVID-19: Stress is up, but mental health improving for business owners during pandemic
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 10:00:47 +0000
A new survey shows business owners continue to be stressed, but they hope vaccines mean that consumers will one day soon return to malls, restaurants and local services.
Read moreCOVID-19: Metro Vancouver hospitality’s front line still slammed by pandemic
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Sat, 01 May 2021 15:30:07 +0000
Even with patios and the popularity of takeout, unemployment remains high in the restaurant sector as pandemic drags on
Read moreB.C. NDP fee cap reduces child-care costs, but also shrinks spaces: critics
Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:15:17 +0000
Operators, parents and advocates complain that the expansion of $10/day is too slow, and that a fee cap will reduce the number of spaces available in the future
Read moreOld-growth forest activists to appeal B.C. court injunction against blockades
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:43:36 +0000
The blockades on Vancouver Island are set up to prevent the Teal-Jones Group from accessing parts of its forest tenure at Fairy Creek, northeast of Port Renfrew.
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