Paper Excellence Has Been Voted one of Canada's Best 50 Corporate Citizens
Paper Excellence, which owns the Crofton pulp and paper mill, has been voted one of Canada’s 2021 Best 50 corporate citizens by Corporate Knights. This is the 14th time that the company has achieved the Best 50 award with Corporate Knights, which is a media, research and financial information products company based in Toronto.
Statistics Canada Says Economy Added 230,700 jobs in June, All Part-time
More people also went looking for work in June, after giving up on the job hunt in May, as the total size of the labour force increased by 170,000 in June.
The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 per cent for the month compared with 8.2 per cent in May, which the statistics agency says was the lowest of the pandemic since the 7.5 per cent recorded in March.
Island Startup Benefits from Mentorship, Financing Support
Futurpreneur first supported the business with a loan of $15,000 in 2019 in the core start-up program, and through the pandemic also provided loan relief and access to the Futurpreneur Canada Peer-to-Peer Discussion Forum. Futurpreneur provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18 to 39. “We work with entrepreneurs at the start up phase – so usually about a year in. We don’t work with entrepreneurs in growth or mature phase,” says Andrea Welling, Regional Director, BC at Futurpreneur.
Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Releases Economic Impact Study
It’s a big number, but not an unexpected one. The recently released Economic Impact Study for the Victoria and Esquimalt Harbours – initiated by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority – divulges that harbour-based activities generated $2.9 billion in economic output, supporting 14,983 jobs across Greater Victoria in 2019.
Hotel Proposed at Diver Lake in Nanaimo
Nanaimo city council were presented with concept plans for Diver Lake Inn and Suites, a 72-room hotel proposed for 3679 Shenton Rd., and unanimously passed first and second readings of an official community plan amendment application and a re-zoning application.
The construction of the 172-room Courtyard by Marriott and the closure of the 100-room Howard Johnson Harbourside has resulted in a net gain of fewer than 120 rooms. Another 72 rooms will help support long-term development of the tourism industry including conference business and sports tourism.
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