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A ground-breaking ceremony to start of construction on a nine-storey, 172-room hotel in downtown Nanaimo is set for Jan. 29. The 10 a.m. event will be held at 100 Gordon St.

Port McNeill’s mayor says the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government’s refusal to resolve a protracted forestry sector labour dispute is “intensely frustrating.

Self-made sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ billionaire Jim Pattison is the University of Victoria Peter B. Gustavson School of Business Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year.

The ceremonial keel-laying Thursday for what will become sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s largest naval ship signifies a key moment in the renewal of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s military and will provide work for more than 1,000 shipyard employees for years, says Seaspan Shipyard. The 173.

Bill McCreadie, an accountant for 50 years and a key international ambassador for Victoria, is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Victoria Chamber of Commerce.

Apartments for rent became scarcer and more expensive in Greater Victoria this past year, according to a report from the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Premier John Horgan says he’s disappointed the independent agency charged with approving ride-hailing licences is taking so long, and suggested it has an obligation to explain to the public what is causing the delays.

VANCOUVER — More than $7.5 million in Metro Vancouver property, as well as bank accounts, have been frozen in a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court suit filed by the province that alleges the assets are proceeds of drug trafficking.

A natural-gas pipeline across northern British Columbia is vital to the region’s economic future and it will be built despite the objections of some Indigenous leaders, Premier John Horgan said Monday.