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South Island Prosperity Partnership officially launched the Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies and the Indigenous Prosperity Centre.

He has died at age 80. Colleagues and friends said he was instrumental in making Victoria a destination for tourists from around the world.

Victoria’s tourism industry continued its strong start to the year in March with a significant jump in hotel occupancy levels and increases across the board in transportation to the Island. . . .

A planned 72-room hotel at Nanaimo’s Diver Lake would help alleviate a shortage of newer hotel rooms, a tourism consultant said Thursday. “I would say it’s great news for Nanaimo. With recovery . . .

Four decades ago, 11-year-old Lloyd Wansbrough handed out doughnuts and coffee to shoppers at his father’s new hardware store in Colwood. Now he’s standing on the same site, this time waiting for. . .

“We are saddened to advise that our Caledonia White Spot in Victoria will not reopen,” it said. Last year, the Caledonia Avenue restaurant closed for several months as a result of provincial health orders ­affecting dine-in service, the company said. It reopened in March but then closed again. Indoor dining is banned in B.C. until at least Tuesday as part of the province’s “circuit breaker” restrictions to reduce new COVID-19 infections. The location is next door to the Capital C...

Norris to chair Prosperity Project The South Island Prosperity Project, which replaced the Greater Victoria Development Agency in 2016, has announced a new board of directors. The project, which includes of 10 of the region’s municipalities, two First Nations, three post-secondary institutions, and private companies and non-profit organizations, has named Craig Norris as its board chair. Frank Bourree is the vice- chair and Sean Midwood is the secretary/treasurer. The directors are Ray Broug...

“It will be a step-by-step guide, and the last [step] will be a QR code, so if they still don’t get it they can click on it with their phone and it will show a 1940s video on using a rotary phone,” said Mandy Farmer, chief executive of Accent Inns and the driving force behind Hotel Zed. The idea clearly tickles Farmer, who came up with the concept for a retro hotel 12 years ago while doing her MBA. Hotel Zed, across the street from Mayfair Shopping Centre, replaces the aging Blue Ridge...

Now retired, Bourree is well-known as a co-founder of GT Hiring Solutions and Chemistry Consulting Group, which provide employment services to people most in need, and tracking data that helped the tourism industry tell its story through statistics. “Frank is gracious with his time, serving on numerous boards and spending countless hours offering career guidance to people who seek his advice,” said the chamber. The Governors’ Award of Distinction, sponsored by the Times Colonist, is a ...