When Finding the Perfect Renter Goes Beyond the Credit Check

Wth 20-plus years of property management experience, Claire Flewelling-Wyatt has no hesitation saying that at least 20 per cent of people fib when filling...
Katie Mogan Graham at Belle General. Photo by Emily Dobby.

Meaningful convenience: the rise of the niche grocery

It’s a good time to be in the grocery business — especially if you’re a small store. Big supermarkets are struggling mainly due to the...

Meet Velma, The Velociraptor.

When Velma the Velociraptor stomps along Fort Street, blinking, waving her limbs and roaring, heads turn and some people give her a wide berth...

Island Business Invents Greener Way to Freshen Air

When a client of interior designer and home contractor Christopher Tio wanted to build a bamboo fence, Tio waded deep into bamboo research. What...
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Victoria-Based DeeBee’s Organics Ranks No. 29 on the 2019 Startup 50

Canadian Business and Maclean’s today ranked DeeBee’s Organics No. 29 on the 2019 Startup 50 ranking of Canada’s Top New Growth Companies. Serving as a companion list...

A New Business Concept Now Open On Pandora Avenue

With bicycle traffic into the downtown increasing dramatically after the opening of the new Johnson Street Bridge — and an expanding network of protected...
Andrew Johnson, co-owner of Bicycle Pizza. Photo by Vanessa Johnson.

Bicycle Pizza: an agile, sustainable and tasty business concept

When the pandemic hit, Andrew Johnson was working in a charming spot off the beaten bath in Brentwood Bay near Beauregard Cafe. He met...

International Software Company Chooses Victoria for Expansion

When the head of the international software form Daitan Group was scouting for a locale for the company's first Canadian location, he first set...

There’s Something Fishy About Vancouver Island University’s New Venture

The ICSS recently started selling cans of smoked sturgeon and fresh fillets to restaurants and retailers as a revenue generator to help with the...
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Entrepreneurs Bring Interactive Entertainment to Victoria with “Something Sacred”

In the winter 2017, Jim Hayhurst, then-CEO of Pretio Interactive, was out walking on the sandy beach in Cordova Bay when he noticed a...