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It’s election season for those of us in Greater Victoria, with Saturday’s civic elections briskly followed by a provincial ballot a week later. And with that, we have a lot to consider. While we examine regional candidates along with their campaigns and promises, there are some fundamental questions about the kind of community we want to live and work in, and how we want it to grow. Plus, how can we make that growth work for everyone? Businesses are facing new pressures and bracing for tariff fallout, while downtown faces questions about safety and what it will take to support the restaurants, stores and gathering spaces that make a city centre thrive. There are also bigger questions about how the region itself should grow. What would a Victoria-Saanich amalgamation mean for the region? A non-binding question on the issue will appear on the upcoming civic ballots in those municipalities. Do we have the infrastructure to support a growing city and the visitors we want to attract to it? Can the construction industry keep pace with demand? Is the government helping businesses and builders meet the moment or slowing them down with red tape?

The latest short chemistry business news items from C&EN. Recently, I opened up—unboxed as they say–a new Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet. To my surprise, all the packaging, including a wrap inside the box around the object itself, seemed to be paper based. The only plastic material was the seal on the box. This isn’t the only example of paper replacing plastic that I’ve noticed recently.

Acura will introduce new products in segments where the brand does not currently compete, building customer lifetime loyalty and attracting new buyers to the brand New Acura adventure-ready SUV set to arrive in the first part of 2028

An open letter signed by 406 scientists calls for more AI safety research and stricter isolation of AI models from external networks. Among the signatories are prominent AI researchers like Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto), Yoshua Bengio (Université de Montréal), Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley), Yejin Choi (Stanford), and Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck Institute).

Wealth management and technology leader to drive growth, innovation and client experience. MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, Oct. 13, 2026 – TD Bank U. S. today announced that Hardeep Walia has joined the company as Head of U. S. Wealth, leading the next phase of growth and innovation across the bank's U. S.-based wealth management business.

Leading Health IT Company has Implemented Cost Control Measures and Refocused Remaining Workforce Towards ChemoFx® Commercialization with Hospital Systems, HMOs, GPOs and Cancer CentersTAMPA, FL - DataMeds AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEDS) (“DataMeds AI,” “DataMEDS SI,” “DataMEDS,” or the “Company”), a healthcare company leveraging its Health IT and physical infrastructure together with its super intelligence platform EinsteinRx™ and smart contracts platform PharmacyChain™, today announced that it has implemented cost control measures, primarily through reductions in corporate management positions, to focus the workforce spend on commercializing ChemoFx® as a diagnostic lab test to help oncologists inform their chemotherapy regimen selection, initially for gynecologic cancers only. ChemoFx has recently been included, for the first time, in a Humana Medicaid coverage policy for gynecologic cancers. DataMeds AI, Inc. is a B2i DigitalFeatured Company.

Vancouver and Bellingham share an interesting relationship, and one that has gotten more interesting and complicated as tensions between the two regions have risen over the past couple of years. In a recent post to the Bellingham subreddit, Bellinghamsters (Bellingham residents) looked at prices between the two regions, discussing things that are cheaper in the respective locales.

Good economic policy depends on understanding the realities facing businesses, and those realities can differ considerably from one community to the next. Creating opportunities for business leaders and government decisionmakers to engage directly is one of the most important roles of Manitoba’s chamber network. Last week, the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce had the pleasure of joining the Morden Chamber of Commerce for a Small Business Week luncheon featuring Manitoba’s Minister of Finance, Honourable Adrien Sala. The conversation brought together business leaders from Morden and the broader Pembina Valley to discuss the economic conditions shaping investment, competitiveness and growth in Manitoba.

Skip to mainTue, October 13, 2026 at 5:28 p.m. UTCThe International Monetary Fund upgraded its annual global economic outlook for this year from 3 per cent to 3.1 per cent, while also warning of risks to growth including rising global debt, and the possibility that the artificial intelligence investment boom could end. That story and more in Business Matters for Oct. 13, 2026.

My friend and I book cruises around the world together that help us stay in touch and make new memories. Maintaining friendships as an adult can be challenging, but my middle-school bestie and I found a solution that works for us — booking a cruise. Samantha and I have been friends for nearly two decades, but when she moved from the US to the UK after college, we went years without seeing each other. Our lives were becoming increasingly busy. Despite frequent phone calls to catch up, it took a lot of effort to stay connected. Without proper planning, the chances were slim we'd ever be in the same place at the same time. So, when a travel writing assignment took me on a cruise, Samantha joined me on board. The trip proved to be an ideal way to reconnect, explore new places, and make new memories together. We quickly realized that a cruise was the cheat code to maintaining our long-distance friendship in a fairly low-effort but exciting way, and we've been booking cruises together ever since. Right away, I appreciated the ease of logistics when planning our cruise

Kanata-based defence company Dominion Dynamics is partnering with Ukrainian robotics company Tencore to start building its ground-based drone vehicles in Canada as early as next year. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding at a defence conference in Washington, D. C., Tuesday which outlines their plans to manufacture Tencore’s Termit drone in Canada and install […] Become an Ottawa Business Journal Insider and get immediate access to all of our Insider-only content and much more.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Saskatoon on Sunday after a group of people allegedly robbed a local business while wielding a machete and a sledgehammer. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers saw “several suspicious males” going into the business on Idylwyld Drive at around 10:35 p.m.

A decades old oil-fire burning system is being replaced in a child care centre, after the province allocated money to upgrade the building. The announcement of $100,000 was made in North Preston by Twila Grosse, Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs and MLA for the area. The main goal was to switch from oil heat to an energy-efficient electric pump system, the press release reads.