Business

Vancity, Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB), and the Canadian Urban Institute, released research that examines how small businesses have been impacted by COVID-19 since April on seven of Canada’s main streets.Insights from…

OTTAWA — Businesses struggling to pay the bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to start applying today for a long-awaited new commercial rent-relief program offered by the federal government.The new Canada Emergency Rent…

The Government of Alberta is funding Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) Energy Savings for Business program targeting small- and medium-sized industrial and commercial facilities through the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction…

Altus Group, in partnership with the Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC), released the 2020 Canadian Property Tax Rate Benchmark Report, which provides an in-depth look at property tax rates, both commercial and residential, in 11…

TORONTO — Under pressure to address rising commercial insurance rates blamed on the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford promised this week to take action to stop what he called ``gouging'' by some companies in the sector. Ford twice this week has…

SAMM Developments has broken ground on Regal Plaza Corporate Centre, a $104 million, 335,650 square foot mixed-use business complex at 600 Dixon Rd. (at Martin Grove Rd.) in Toronto.The new Corporate Centre is located near Highway…

TORONTO — Flexible short-term workspaces from companies like WeWork, Spaces or Regus were once hailed as the future of the office as more people branched off into startups, freelance and gig work that allowed them to work from anywhere,…

OTTAWA — A federal spending watchdog says a program aiming to providing rent relief to small and medium-sized businesses will cost just under $1 billion this fiscal year.The report this morning from the parliamentary budget officer says…