Publisher’s Letter

If you’ve been deciding whether you need a lifestyle change and are looking at downsizing, upsizing or buying your first home in a smaller B.C. …

What a Cool $1 Million Buys

We combed the province for markets where close to a seven-figure investment will land you a home that truly looks and feels like a million …

Community on Tap

B.C.’s craft brewing industry is hopping. Whether they specialize in Hefeweizen or hazy IPAs, more than 117 breweries call the province home, with five of …

Small Homes For Smaller Budgets

Every person’s dream home build is as unique as the budget they have to devote to it. With these pointers from a savvy client and …

Relocating: Have No Fear

Even if the location, finances or work and social ties of your current hometown aren’t enough to keep you there, the fear factor of relocating …

In Hot Water

Here’s where to find B.C.’s best hot springs and thermal spas–and the property deals you can expect to find in these hot communities. By Charlene …

Home Is Where The Hockey Is

It doesn’t matter whether you cheer for the Vancouver Canucks or the Calgary Flames; trying to score season tickets can be as prohibitive as investing …

Campus Towns: Thompson-Okanagan Region

With a median age significantly higher than the rest of the province, this region has proportionally the lowest working-age population but higher than typical unemployment. …

Campus Towns: Vancouver Island/Coast Region

A quarter of B.C.’s public administration jobs are in this region, plus it has the highest proportion (83%) of jobs in the service sector of …

Campus Towns: Cariboo Region

The least populated region of B.C. will have a very high (90.1%, or more than 16,000 jobs) rate of retiring workers over the next decade. …

Campus Towns: North Coast Region

With unemployment rates that have typically trended above the provincial average, 68% of employment here is in the service-producing sector. Projected growth of jobs 2018-2028: …

Campus Towns: Northeast Region

With historically low unemployment compared to the rest of B.C., this region has a hot services-producing sector and a young population (70% of people working …