How the Downtown Windsor Farmers Market will operate amid tightened stay-at-home order

The Downtown Windsor Farmers Market is taking on a different look this year, as it prepares to open this weekend. “This is essentially an outdoor supermarket, same as any of those supermarkets that people are going into an enclosed space,” said Yeomans. “We knew a lot less at that time,” she said. “It’s important to […]

Fewer vendors and more Plexiglas — a summer market returns to Victoria’s Inner Harbour

For many years, the market has lined the horseshoe-shaped causeway with vendors selling everything from handcrafted jewellery to artisanal doughnuts. “It’s one way in which we can contribute, bring some life back to the Inner Harbour,” said Robertson. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or […]

The bull and bear case for the Lower Mainland’s real estate market

Current policies, such as low interest rates and income replacement programs, not only prevented a real estate crash in 2020-2021 but pushed prices much higher. The bull case for real estate is founded on the historically low interest rates and unusually high rate of savings among Canadians — this combination is positive for real estate. In response to the […]