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Chinese stimulus could trickle and boost B.C. economy - Business …
Oct 10, 2024 · While the $7.937 billion worth of B.C. goods exported to China last year was up 22.5 per cent from the amount shipped in 2019, the value of those exports has been on the decline. B.C. exported $8. ...
Federal government moves to end port strikes, orders binding ...
12 hours ago · OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal. The minister said Tuesday the negotiations have reached an ...
B.C.'s Site C dam is 87 per cent complete - Business in Vancouver
Aug 12, 2024 · The dam project is currently about 87 per cent complete. Peak employment was reached in June last year with 6,000 workers. That workforce was down by half to 3,000 in June this year. Site C dam ...
International students: B.C. universities brace for impact
Mar 14, 2024 · International students contributed 78 per cent of the university’s total tuition revenue in 2022-23—$127.9 million. “International tuition and student fees is the university’s largest ...
Opinion: Yes, electric vehicles really do require more electricity
Oct 3, 2024 · BC Hydro has stated that 330,000 EVs will require 1,000 gigawatt hours of electricity, or 3.03 megawatt hours per EV (based on 1,000 gigawatt hours divided by 330,000 EVs). Using that 3.03 ...
Decline in B.C. manufacturing sector nearing ‘crisis level’
Oct 15, 2024 · The report notes that per-worker investment in B.C.’s manufacturing sector is just one-third that of the U.S. “Specifically, in 2022, manufacturing investment per worker was $49,500 in the U.S ...
BC Hydro overwhelmed by clean power bids as energy demand …
Sep 18, 2024 · The ministry said it expects the current power call will result in $2.3 billion to $3.6 billion in private investment in B.C and create 800 to 1,500 jobs annually. BC Hydro plans to select ...
Ottawa’s Chinese tariffs may have killed B.C.’s EV ambitions
Sep 12, 2024 · Meanwhile, the EU’s own tariffs of 20-per-cent to 38-per-cent on Chinese EV manufacturers, which account for eight per cent of EV sales in the EU, have not helped. B.C. must take note. Last ...
Vancouver top city in Canada for commercial real estate …
Mar 21, 2024 · Vancouver ranks as investors’ top Canadian market, with Toronto in second and Ottawa in third, according to a new report from research firm Altus Group. Investment volume across all commercial ...
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