Economists fear sector too weakened to rebound. By Jeremy J. Nuttall, The drop in oil prices, coupled with a low dollar, should have provided the ideal opportunity for Canada’s manufacturers to ramp…
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One of the most prestigious events in the health and safety community in BC will be held on April 29 at the Burnaby Delta Hotel and Conference Centre. The 2015…
Submitted. Fraser Health is pleased to announce Tom Kim has been appointed to its Board of Directors, by the Province of British Columbia. Mr. Kim is the director of finance and…
Governments of Canada and British Columbia support skills training for older workers Submitted. The Honourable James Moore, Minister Responsible for British Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister…
Manufacturing sales fell 1.7% in January, led by a price-induced decline of 11.9% in sales of petroleum and coal products. Lower sales of machinery, chemicals and primary metals also contributed to the…
The Annual General Meeting of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce will be held on Friday, March 20, 2015 at Cascade Community Church, 35190 Delair Road, Abbotsford. The meeting will be…
Highest In Western Canada. The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA rose, month-over-month from 6.5 percent in January to 6.8 percent in February. The local rate matches the overall unemployment rate for…
From VRCA. Abbotsford building permits declined 35% in January to $11.4 million. Non-residential building permits totalled $807 million for the month, down 69% from December, while residential permits dropped 29%…
Bucking the national trend housing starts ballooned by 424 percent in Abbotsford-Mission in February compared to February of 2013 as a result of 94 units started in Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) under the…
From the FVREB . In February, sales of all property types in the Fraser Valley increased by 21 per cent in one year with demand for two property types in particular – single…