Business

Sweeping Trump steel and aluminum duties coming Monday including for Canada

Trump imposed similar tariffs during his first term, using national security as justification

Feb 10, 2025 5:20 AM Read more >

Duncan's taste of China finds new palates to please in Cowichan Bay

Longtime Duncan staple Kim Wah Chinese Restaurant finds a new home by the sea

Feb 9, 2025 6:03 AM Read more >

Courtenay Chamber Business Hub launches new breakfast speaker series

New monthly breakfast speaker series ‘Bites and Insights’ launches at the Chamber Business Hub

Feb 7, 2025 4:54 AM Read more >

Vancouver Island hotel chain adds intimacy coaching to 'nooner' February stay

Guests are encouraged to celebrate sex positivity with a workshop series and private coaching

Feb 6, 2025 9:28 AM Read more >

Burned-out California looks to Canadian timber for rebuild, tariffs or not

Homebuilders say ‘there aren’t really alternatives’ to Canadian lumber as they recover from wildfire

Feb 5, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

Super Bowl ads offer laughs, celebs and surprises to win over viewers

Aliens, sloths and silliness among the hooks in this year’s marketing extravaganza

Feb 5, 2025 11:30 AM Read more >

Tiny's founders honoured at UVic for changing business landscape

Tiny are the owners of many noted businesses including Letterboxd and Aeropress

Feb 4, 2025 10:19 AM Read more >

'Burger It Forward': a patty for a purpose on Vancouver Island

Canada Beef will donate $1 for every burger sold in the fundraising campaign from Feb. 1-28

Feb 4, 2025 10:17 AM Read more >

Want to buy Canadian? Here’s how to make sense of Canadian labels

Tariff threat has some scouring labels committed to shopping for homegrown products

Feb 3, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

Displaced Vancouver Island cafe making a fresh start through innovation

Ladysmith's In the Beantime moving in with vegetarian eatery Plantitude in unique shared space arrangement

Feb 1, 2025 7:02 AM Read more >