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Unemployment Kamloops
Why so many Interior families have to choose between work and family
KAMLOOPS – Brent McFarlen is an electrician and a dad. But for the last six…
Kamloops jobless numbers continue downward trend
KAMLOOPS – The unemployment rate in Kamloops is trending downwards, bucking the upward trend provincially…
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…
A diversified economy sheltered Kelowna from the COVID-19 storm
Kelowna’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 per cent in November, giving it the second lowest…
Thompson-Okanagan jobless rate improves
While the national and provincial unemployment rates climbed in January, the Thompson-Okanagan region improved. The…
Falling jobless rate in Thompson-Okanagan not helping low wage earners
Unemployment rates continue to fall across the country, including in the Thompson-Okanagan, but not everyone…
Full-time work leading the way for new hires in Thompson-Okanagan
Over the past year there were 13,000 new full-time jobs created in the Thompson-Okanagan region…
Team of advisors set to help those facing layoffs
KAMLOOPS – With two major layoff announcements in Kamloops within a week of each other, employment advisors are preparing for more clients. Blair Gray, the site coordinator for the Open Door Group and Work B.C. in Kamloops says the location has seen an increase in the amount of clients, but doesn’t attribute that to recent...