British Columbia

Vast majority of tech CEOs say firms don’t qualify for wage subsidy: survey

Tech industry group urges federal government to rethink eligibility of 75 per cent COVID-19 wage-subsidy program

Apr 7, 2020 11:31 AM Read more >

Sharp drop in B.C. home sales should be followed by steady recovery: BCREA

Ban on open houses foreshadows short- to mid-term trouble for property sales, as COVID-19 infects all aspects of the market

Apr 7, 2020 10:18 AM Read more >

Vancouver lags Victoria in sheltering COVID-threatened homeless people in hotels

Vancouver's Downtown East Side advocates see no evidence of homeless being relocated to hotels, despite assurances by City Hall

Apr 7, 2020 7:12 AM Read more >

Pandemic puts deep freeze on government plans

COVID-19 slams brakes on a wide range of federal, provincial, municipal projects and policy initiatives

Apr 6, 2020 10:17 AM Read more >

Survey reveals extent of business hurt from COVID-19

Most B.C. businesses say they fear becoming insolvent, or being unable financially to restart

Apr 6, 2020 7:24 AM Read more >

Deadline extended for B.C. property assessment appeals

The deadline for appeals to property assessments in B.C. has been moved from April 30 to June 1

Apr 4, 2020 11:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver’s CF Pacific Centre mall ‘assessing’ whether to remain open

Only five or six of the downtown shopping centre’s 99 retail and food-service tenants are still open

Apr 3, 2020 9:35 AM Read more >

B.C. hotels struggle to stay open amid COVID-19 crisis

Some have been asked, or have volunteered, to provide shelter for essential workers and vulnerable people as occupancy rates plunge

Apr 2, 2020 1:23 PM Read more >

B.C. launches economic recovery task force

Senior government officials, First Nations and business leaders to work on government’s economic response to the COVID-19 crisis

Apr 2, 2020 9:11 AM Read more >

Office sector overall should ride out the crisis: brokers

But co-working space providers are facing a “double-edged sword”

Apr 1, 2020 10:01 AM Read more >