The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) recorded ten per cent more sales in July compared to the same month last year. According to the most recent market report, there were 806 unit sales across all property types on the Island in July and year-over-year active listings were up one per cent, with 4,512 units listed. VIREB chair Olivier Naud says the island’s market is at the top end of balanced, with about six months of inventory.
B.C. school officials say the province’s move to require AEDs and naloxone kits in all public schools is a positive step, but some are concerned about a lack of provincial funding to support the requirements.Â
The Public Health Agency of Canada has added more brands of Dubai chocolate bars to the list of recalled products due to a salmonella outbreak in certain pistachio products.Â
