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Despite pandemic challenges, supply-chain concerns, a labour shortage and the ongoing tug-of-war with municipalities over zoning and costs, homebuilders in Greater Victoria could still have another record year. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Pets West, a popular small-pets and pet-food store operated for 32 years by Lisa Nitkin, has a new owner. United Raw Pet Foods Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Dane Creek Capital Corp., announced the acquisition Wednesday.

Today’s opening of Root ­Cellar Village Green Grocer’s new Cook Street location marks the latest evolution in Cook Street Village, home to low-rise buildings filled with diverse locally owned businesses and newer condo developments.

CALGARY — As sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s largest airlines struggle amid COVID-19 pandemic, an Edmonton-based discount carrier with ambitious expansion plans has been looking for opportunities that include Victoria and Comox.

The Neighbourly Cafe and ­Grocer in the Old Town District is a revival of the general store. You can buy groceries and some dry goods there, pick up a gift, even grab a coffee and sandwich. And it’s a shining example for Small Business Month.

A severe lack of inventory and strong in-migration has driven the median price of all types of homes in Greater Victoria up by 27.7 per cent in the past year, according to a new house price survey from Royal LePage.

Brokerage firms, banks, and insurance companies often create their own in-house product, referred to as proprietary products. They are proprietary because they can only be sold by the firm that created it.

As of today, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s general working age is 16 — but don’t worry, your child can still babysit or have a paper route. Changes to employment standards effective Oct. 15 raise the general working age in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Victoria-based gaming studio Kixeye has named Colin How its new chief executive, a move that will allow former chief executive Clayton Stark to step into a role he was given more than a year ago.

When the phone rang around 2 a.m. telling David Card that he won the Nobel Prize for Economics, the Canadian-born economist thought it was a stunt. But when he saw the phone showing a Swedish number he thought maybe it wasn’t a joke after all.