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Okanagan retailers ready to come roaring back after COVID-19 but have no place to go
During the COVID-induced real estate boom over the past couple of years, housing and industrial…
Worst of Thompson-Okanagan worker shortages are behind us: economist
In June, 23% of frontline health care worker jobs at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops…
Feds should let international students work more hours: Kamloops councillor
International students should be allowed to work more hours as local companies, particularly in the…
Diverse ability workforce shines in Penticton
At a time when businesses are closing due to staffing shortages there’s a workforce out…
Young workers have lessons to teach their bosses in Kamloops, Okanagan
It is true that the younger generation thinks differently and works differently than the baby…
Unions in B.C. are winning protection against spiking inflation
A tight labour market and soaring inflation is giving unions leverage at the bargaining table…
Young Canadian workers switching from service industry to tech: survey
A new survey shows that dramatic declines in service sector workers are echoed by major…
Five things that will cost British Columbians more in taxes in 2023
It's not just inflation spiking the cost for certain goods in Canada. As the cost…
Canada’s top CEOs make 243 times more than the average worker
The average pay of Canada’s top 100 CEOs hit an all-time high in 2021, making…
B.C.’s gig economy needs to be regulated: report
The gig economy is attracts a high rate of new immigrants and people of colour,…
Struggling to make ends meet? Here are some ways to get help
The world is vastly different today than anyone could have predicted just a few years…
Life in a northern B.C. boomtown
The town of Kitimat, B.C., is folded into a forested valley, tucked back from where…
BC shuts down its fair wage watchdog
The B.C. government is shutting down a commission it created to improve pay for the…
A case of bad apples, or a rotten orchard? A look at migrant labour in BC
For more than three years, Jeffry Hernández supported his family in Guatemala by packing cucumbers…
What’s ahead for BC gig workers
As the latest round of consultations on protections for app-based drivers and food delivery workers…