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The Family Business Association of Vancouver Island has named Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort as its 2020 Family Business Excellence Award winner.

V2V Vacations, the passenger ferry service running between downtown Victoria and downtown Vancouver, announced Monday that it is shutting down. In a statement on its website, V2V Vacations said it will not resume operations in 2020.

The family who owns the Waterfront Hotel and Marina in Nanaimo is proposing to dismantle that 45-year-old building and replace it with a 10-storey waterfront hotel designed in a contemporary style.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ homeowner grants, which reduce property taxes, have been confirmed for 2020. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government said that 92 per cent of homeowners in the province are eligible for the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Home Owner Grant this year.

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After a flat sales year in 2019, the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board is expecting another without shocks, surprises, slumps or super-charged growth.

Most of Greater Victoria’s 13 municipalities saw the typical assessed value of single-family homes either drop or stay the same as last year, according to information released Thursday by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Assessment.

VANCOUVER — Come New Year’s Day, food and beverages in foam cups and foam take-out containers will be banned from Vancouver’s restaurants and takeout stalls, part of the city’s single-use-item reduction strategy.

All first-time Vancouver Island home-buyers who used notaries in 2019 relied on their families for help with down payments, says the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Notaries Association.

The owners of a facility near Vancouver Island where thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped following a fire said it is likely predators ate most of the fish.