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The Business Council of sa国际传媒 has launched a new one-stop shop for those hungry for economic indicators and analysis of trends and emerging risks as the province tries to navigate its way through the pandemic.

The province is adding $75 million in new money to its business relief grant and extending it to hotels, motels and short-term accommodations.

Prawn fishermen are anticipating a May 14 opening but the date remains uncertain. That leaves fishermen waiting and trying to plan when to get boats ready,invest in supplies, and hire crews.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the aviation industry, Vancouver Airport Authority, the organization that manages Vancouver International Airport (YVR), has recognized the crisis as an opportunity to rethink its operations

A new downtown Nanaimo business group plans to work to revitalize the city鈥檚 core and stage special events once pandemic restrictions ease, hopefully starting this fall.

A survey of the construction industry found that it remains the province鈥檚 top employer in the goods-producing sector with 219,500 workers, though that is a three per cent drop over the past five years, the sa国际传媒 Construction Association said.

A feasibility study on the meat-processing industry in the capital region is calling for a new poultry abattoir, a meat-processing and distribution hub and a working group to identify how to overcome barriers holding back local meat production.

Unionized janitors at Uptown shopping centre have voted to strike, saying they are understaffed, underpaid and at risk working during the pandemic.

A web portal has been set up for Vancouver Island companies bidding on seismic upgrades for three dams, each valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The work aims to ensure the dams near Campbell River will survive a major earthquake.