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What to do with WorkSafeBC’s giant pot of money?
BC’s Workers’ Compensation Board has a conundrum most would envy: what do you do with…
BC Premier David Eby’s porta-potty agenda
There are portable toilets that still haunt Peter White. There was the one at the…
Emergency shelter spaces reopen in Kamloops for winter
Emergency shelter spaces in Kamloops are set to open next week, returning to the same…
Almost 9,000 people have found jobs in Central Okanagan so far this year
The number of people working in the Central Okanagan by the end of September was…
Kelowna’s living wage takes huge jump with Kamloops not far behind
The BC office of a national left-wing think tank has released its calculations of this…
Unions to get more power with federal replacement worker ban
Raine Wright yells into his megaphone as men in neon yellow jackets circle around a…
BC is clearing barriers for skilled foreign workers
Joy Abasta came to British Columbia with a promise of a job as a registered…
BC expands spec tax to include Kamloops and most of the Okanagan
The province's tax on housing speculators just got a massive expansion and now covers most of…
She organized a BC Starbucks. Then they fired her
In February, then 20-year-old barista Frédérique Martineau helped unionize the Vancouver Starbucks where she worked…
Kamloops pubs and nightclubs get New Year’s gift from city council
The parties in Kamloops will carry on into the wee morning hours this New Year's…
Labour battle at Rogers Sugar refinery in BC gets stickier
Doughnut shops, home cooks and multinational corporations have all been caught in the crossfire of…
Drive to unionize Kamloops Sephora led by one of its newest employees
Sephora's Kamloops location is its first ever to unionize, and it can think one of…
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Immigrant drivers rate BC plan to protect gig workers
Rishu Bajaj immigrated to British Columbia nine years ago and has been driving for Uber…
How will cruises impact Prince Rupert’s future?
Cruise ships bring cash, and lots of it. For a city such as Prince Rupert…
Feds quietly made it easier for farmers to exploit foreign labour
The federal government quietly made it easier for farmers to exploit foreign labour. Employers in…