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The Sunshine Coast will soon have a second ride-hailing firm on the road.

Essential service workers in the grocery sector receiving extra pay during the pandemic will be watching their paycheques in the coming weeks as companies re-evaluate how they compensate employees.

Reliance Properties, which was behind the transformation of the Janion building on Store Street, has picked up nearly seven acres of downtown Victoria, including the site of the Capital Iron building, in a transaction expected to close by the end of

A new mid-size grocery store is opening this summer in the former post office building near the Fort Street and Oak Bay Avenue junction. The 10,000-square-foot space will be returning to its roots when the Urban Grocer swings open the doors.

While it is bullish on sa国际传媒鈥檚 economy next year, the Conference Board of sa国际传媒 suggests the provincial economy will contract by 3.8聽per聽cent this year due in part to the province鈥檚 reliance on tourism and trade with Asia.

Victoria pharmaceutical firm Aurinia is one step closer to bringing to market its treatment for lupus nephritis after submitting a new drug application to the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S.

A commentary by the owner of Maycock Eyecare, a third-generation family business that opened in Victoria in 1949. Part of our continuing series on the impact of COVID-19 on local businesses.

Three premiers have endorsed a national sick leave program proposed this week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "crucial for the safe restart of our economy." sa国际传媒

Businesses should expect random inspections as they prepare to reopen under the province鈥檚 restart plan, sa国际传媒鈥檚 labour minister says. 鈥淭he inspections are for all businesses that are reopening,鈥� Harry Bains said.

The Fairmont Empress, Victoria鈥檚 grand hotel and most famous landmark, is expected to reopen in late June, but a specific date and the extent of service it will provide is still unclear.