Credit to Author: Ken Bradshaw| Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:15:24 +0000
The owner of Finest at Sea, a Victoria-based seafood company with three prawning boats, said that while the catch has been bountiful this spring, the international markets to sell them have been “subdued.”
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:55:38 +0000
Finance Minister Carole James says the pandemic has created “profound” challenges for people in B.C. and around the globe, fundamentally changing the ways people live and work.
Read moreCredit to Author: Ken Bradshaw| Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:11:22 +0000
Passenger numbers have risen to about 70 per cent of what they were at this time last year. In the early days of the pandemic, they were about 20 per cent of normal.
Read moreCredit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 21:19:43 +0000
The plazas were designed to create public spaces to mitigate the social isolation of the COVID-19 lockdown and also help struggling businesses.
Read moreCredit to Author: Patrick Johnston| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 20:35:50 +0000
Some long-standing store owners at the popular North Shore mall say the Lalji family are refusing to take part in government COVID-19 rent-relief program.
Read moreCredit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:12:24 +0000
Travel restrictions have shut out international backpackers who typically make up an important seasonal labour pool for B.C. orchards.
Read moreCredit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:30:10 +0000
The funding amounts to the revenue CMHC-Granville Island would have earned through lease rates and parking fees allowing it to offer rent relief to struggling merchants.
Read moreCredit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 01:25:51 +0000
“We did not hand over $1,000 for a gift certificate,” says Brian Gregg, who received a voucher, not a refund, after WestJet cancelled his flight.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:39:11 +0000
The association says a survey of its members shows more than 67 per cent of farmers have reduced fruit production because of uncertainties linked to the pandemic.
Read moreCredit to Author: Ken Bradshaw| Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:41:02 +0000
Chief executive Mark Collins said B.C. Ferries is keeping capacity “well ahead” of demand.
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