[1] In 2008, Black received the Margaret Hennigar Award for Exemplary Leadership from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and was made an Honorary life time member.
[3] In 1973, Black was hired to work as a junior business analyst[6] in the acquisitions department[5] at Torstar, which publishes the Toronto Star newspaper.
[8] Black operated the Tribune exclusively for four years until purchasing the husband-and-wife owned Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal in nearby Ashcroft in 1979.
At full capacity, 400,000 barrels of petroleum products would be produced a day and then be loaded onto tankers for shipment to markets globally.
At that time the original price tag of the refinery itself had risen to $16 billion due to switching to new technologies to reduce greenhouse gases.
[19] In April 2013, Black said the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China had agreed to become an investor and financial advisor for the project.
[20] In 2016, Black submitted a 129 page project description to federal and provincial regulators for the environmental assessment process.
[30] The property along Beach Drive was built in 1913 for Scottish-born businessman Andrew Wright, one of the principal investors in the Uplands development.
[32] The two-story house's notable features include 10 fireplaces and an octagonal entrance hall that is rose-windowed at its dome and galleried at the upper level.
"[33] Black has rented out the property for use as a film location, with all collected fees donated to the Victoria Hospice Society in his wife's honor.
[35] Since 2008,[36] the annual Black Press Business Scholarship has awarded $5,000 to up to 37 students from across British Columbia entering the University of Victoria's Bachelor of Commerce program.