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In This Week’s Editor’s Note: Ucluelet: Approvals proceeding for 85 single-family homes Tofino: Tofino Housing Corporation 21-unit development Courtenay: DP approved for Island Health Urgent Primary Care Centre Council has given third reading to a proposed new...
Comox Valley Stage 3 Water Restrictions in Around Town
The Comox Valley Regional District moved to Stage 3 water restrictions on June 23. This is the earliest the Valley has been required to move to Stage 3. The Comox Valley has implemented Stage 3 water restrictions. A lower-than-normal snowpack and precipitation means...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note: Tofino: Archaeological permit issued for the Biosphere Centre Cumberland: Energy and Zero Carbon Step Code Campbell River: 115-acre Kingfisher Ridge development update Regulatory approvals for the Clayoquot Biosphere Centre are...
City of Courtenay Development Industry Meetup in Around Town
The City of Courtenay invites members of the development industry to attend a meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Lower Native Sons Hall. The City of Courtenay’s next Development Industry meet up is scheduled for June 30, and it will...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In this week’s Editor’s Note: Port Alberni: HGTV filming Home Town Takeover Canada Courtenay: approvals moving forward for 30 residential townhouses Campbell River: rezoning advanced to third reading for two five-storey, 74-unit buildings Harbour Quay is the first...
May Real Estate Market Update in Around Town
The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 768 unit sales board-wide (all property types) in May, down one per cent from a year earlier. In contrast, unit sales board-wide for Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate Board (PRSCREB) totaled 32 units in May...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In this week’s Editor’s Note: Courtenay: Upgrades to Cousins Avenue Powell River: 43-unit supportive housing and 20-bed shelter project. Campbell RIver: $24.74 million to rebuild Carihi Secondary School The City of Courtenay is proceeding with detailed design...
Vancouver Island Real Estate Market Update in Around Town
Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded 683 unit sales board-wide (all property types) in April, down 12 per cent from one year ago. Active listings were up four per cent from April 2025. The Vancouver Island and Powell River Sunshine Coast real estate...
Your Weekly North Vancouver Island Construction News
In This Week’s Editor’s Note: Denman Island: Borrowing petition process for the Graham Lake Water Treatment project Courtenay: Proposed 137-unit mixed-use building 19 Wing Comox: Proposed $19 million, three-storey accommodation building The Comox Valley Regional...
New Housing for Canadian Forces Base Comox in Around Town
Defence Construction Canada has issued a request for proposals from Design-Build Teams to design and construct multi unit residential housing in Comox and Esquimalt. The Canadian Forces Housing Agency announced in March a Housing Program to support the delivery of new...