Employment
No telling when Tolko’s Armstrong mill will re-open
Mill workers at the Tolko Industries plant in Armstrong are getting an extended Christmas break…
Kelowna’s workforce growing rapidly and getting more tech savvy
The number of working-aged people in Kelowna grew five times faster than the rest of…
Job growth rate in Thompson-Okanagan below provincial average
B.C. added 70,000 new jobs from September 2021 to September 2022, an increase of 2.6%…
Blood lab permanently closes in Vernon due to staffing shortages
A Vernon blood collection lab has permanently closed after challenges recruiting medical lab assistants. The lab,…
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…
Most B.C. workers would rather quit than return to the office permanently: Poll
More than half of British Columbians who worked from home during the pandemic say they'll…
Job vacancy numbers getting worse in Thompson-Okanagan
Accommodation and food services lead the way with the highest ratio of job shortages in…
B.C. woman wins $78K after employer fires her while on maternity leave
A B.C. woman has won $78,600 in a Human Rights Tribunal dispute after she was…
Kelowna airport holding job fair to ‘weather the storm’ as traffic increases but staff levels remain low
Airport traffic has spiked past 2019 levels but the challenge remains to fill positions at…
Kelowna restaurant loses appeal over fired manager’s pay
A Kelowna vegetarian restaurant has lost an appeal with the Employment Standards Tribunal over unpaid…
B.C.’s minimum wage set to rise to $15.65 June 1
B.C.'s minimum wage is set to rise on June 1. The minimum wage will increase…
Union says barriers are preventing new hires from being Okanagan bus drivers
With a bus driver shortage causing route reductions in the Central Okanagan, the Kelowna union…
More than 21,000 jobs unfilled in Thompson-Okanagan
While thousands of working-age people moved to the Thompson-Okanagan region in the last two years…
Why employees with diverse abilities are who you want to hire in Kamloops, Okanagan
Some residents in Kamloops are speaking up about the benefits of hiring workers with diverse…
Social work degree gives Kamloops woman skills to advocate, but not employment
Trish Rhode has been advocating for herself for twenty years, and having a degree in…