Jan 31, 2024
The Islands Agricultural Show (IAS) is coming to Cowichan Exhibition Park in Duncan on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3. The IAS is the only agricultural trade show serving the farm and food community on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and the Gulf...
Jan 26, 2024
The BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF) is helping create more than 640 jobs and protect over 1000 existing manufacturing jobs throughout B.C. The funding program aims to promote economic diversification and complement other supports for forestry workers and rural...
Jan 23, 2024
This month David Miller, Board Chair of BC Infrastructure Benefits (BCIB), gave an update to the CVRD and member municipalities about local employment statistics and the Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project (CDHRP). BCIB is a provincial Crown corporation...
Jan 17, 2024
In December 2023, the Malahat Nation and Vancouver-based company Energy Plug announced that they are joining forces to build a 100,000 sq ft. battery assembly and storage facility inside Malahat’s 52-acre business park. This will be the first Indigenous-led...
Jan 11, 2024
Synergy Foundation is seeking early-stage start-ups and established businesses and non-profits with new ideas for sustainable products or services to join their sixth cohort of the Project Zero Incubator Program. Accepted participants will receive support to write...
