Employment
Big White Ski Resort looks to locals to fill jobs for the upcoming ski season
Local workers are going to have to step up to help Big White run smoothly…
Four-day work week for tourism? Canadians might be asking the wrong question
When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern publicly encouraged employers to move to a four-day…
Want to qualify for federal benefits? Don’t quit your job
Working in retail can be stressful and a little frightening in this time of COVID-19.…
Unemployment fell to an historic low in the Central Okanagan last year
Even though the Central Okanagan’s workforce grew by 2,700 people last year the unemployment rate…
Predator Ridge looking to fill dozens of summer jobs
Predator Ridge Resort near Vernon is gearing up for its upcoming summer tourist season and…
Owners of North Okanagan industrial site ready to welcome ‘1,000 jobs’
Over a decade after the Lavington glass plant closed its doors and roughly 350 jobs…
Recruitment underway for hundreds of call centre jobs with Rogers in Kelowna
As Rogers Communications gears up for this summer’s opening of its Kelowna call centre, it…
Kelowna’s reputation for tech is attracting angel investors as well as entrepreneurs
Kelowna is regularly touted as one of the best places to start a new business…
As forestry jobs plummet in B.C., cannabis is just ramping up
KELOWNA – While Tolko’s lumber mill has been indefinitely closed in Kelowna and cutbacks are…
KF Aerospace wants you to work for them
KELOWNA – KF Aerospace wants to hire 100 new workers over the next year for…
Anti-bullying, anti-harassment training headed to Kelowna and other B.C. cities
KELOWNA -The first of a dozen anti-bullying, anti-harassment training sessions for B.C.'s on-site construction leaders…
700 workers affected as Tolko announces more temporary closures in North Okanagan, Kamloops
Tolko Industries has announced more downtime for its Kamloops, Armstrong and Lumby operations affecting more…
Fire, pestilence and what remains of B.C.’s forestry industry
KELOWNA – The crises in the Interior forest industry that led to a number of…
Temporary closure at Tolko’s Kelowna sawmill
KELOWNA – Tolko Industries has announced it will be temporarily closing its Kelowna sawmill for…
Why a better unemployment rate doesn’t mean a better economy
KELOWNA – Knocking one percentage point off the unemployment rate in the Thompson-Okanagan last year…