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October 19, 2018
A significant step towards balancing and diversifying our Island economy. The designation of Vancouver Island as an official Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ-VI), a project championed by...
Celeste Haldane, Chief Commissioner of the BC Treaty Commission, will be presenting one of four keynote speeches at the upcoming State of the Island Economic Summit. Elected as...
October 17, 2018
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, will be present at the State of the Island Economic Summit next...
How will Vancouver Island’s new Foreign Trade Zone designation work and what will it do for industry? And what will the new trade agreement with the...
October 15, 2018
Taking place October 24th and 25th, the Summit will address the legalization of marijuana, marine renewable energy, the Me Too movement, the results of the Island Good campaign, and various...
October 11, 2018
The Government of Canada has recently granted a Foreign Trade Zone designation (FTZVI) to the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance. FTZVI will function as the ‘go to’ resource to...
October 10, 2018
The Challenge: Eating Local If you were to prepare a meal using only food products grown, produced, or manufactured in your region, what would you include?...
October 8, 2018
Have you seen Island Good in your local grocery store? Island Good was created with a goal to help shoppers identify locally sourced food products. Six months later, the...
