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Accenture buys Victoria health-care consulting firm Gevity

Accenture buys Victoria health-care consulting firm Gevity

Victoria-based health-care consulting firm Gevity has been acquired by Accenture, as the multi-national firm continues to expand its reach. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Restaurants game for vaccine passport program, but wary of added cost

Restaurants game for vaccine passport program, but wary of added cost

It will be a few weeks before restaurants know just how much it will cost them to implement the province’s new vaccine card program.
Tofino businesses struggle to stay open amid staffing shortages

Tofino businesses struggle to stay open amid staffing shortages

TOFINO — On a community bulletin board outside of the Tofino Co-op Food Store, Shed restaurant advertised a $500 signing bonus for line cooks and dishwashers. Live to Surf, TOFINO Kombucha and Wolf in the Fog also had job postings on board.
Kevin Greenard: Estate planning for corporations

Kevin Greenard: Estate planning for corporations

In my introductory accounting textbooks, it talks about how a corporation can not die. It also mentions that all corporations have one or more voting shareholders. The voting shareholder(s) appoint one or more directors to oversee the corporation.
Impact of U.S. travel advisory likely minimal, says tourism head

Impact of U.S. travel advisory likely minimal, says tourism head

Paul Nursey says he’s disappointed the U.S. has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to reconsider travel to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.
Seaweed cultivator receives grant to study effects of kelp beds on salmon

Seaweed cultivator receives grant to study effects of kelp beds on salmon

A two-year-old Sidney company that produces food from seaweed has been awarded a $1.8-million grant from the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund that will be used to study the effect of kelp beds on juvenile salmon.
Lack of housing supply drives up prices, slows sales in August

Lack of housing supply drives up prices, slows sales in August

A lack of supply slowed the housing market in August and drove prices up again in the region, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Victoria Real Estate Board.
Seaspan kicks in 75K for tech skills program

Seaspan kicks in 75K for tech skills program

Seaspan Shipyards has kicked in $75,000 to support the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Tech Association’s Digital Lift internship program that has been designed to draw new people into the tech sector.
Kevin Greenard: Refund of corporate taxes previously paid

Kevin Greenard: Refund of corporate taxes previously paid

Corporations have a notional account that is referred to as the Refundable Dividend Tax On Hand (RDTOH) — in fact, as of 2019 corporations have two of these notional accounts.
2,800-home project proposed for Port Alberni

2,800-home project proposed for Port Alberni

The San Group of Companies has unveiled a plan for 2,800 new homes in a mix of housing types on 73 acres in Port Alberni. The site will have an estimated value of close to $1 billion once it is built out.