Unemployment Kelowna
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…
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…
Thompson-Okanagan jobless rate improves
While the national and provincial unemployment rates climbed in January, the Thompson-Okanagan region improved. The…
Kelowna jobless rate falls while rest of the region sees increase
Kelowna is bucking a regional, provincial and national trend with a drop in the unemployment…
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…
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…
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…
Unemployment in Kelowna continues to climb
KELOWNA – A month after a Bank of Montreal report declared Kelowna the second worst…
Unemployment ticks upward in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA - Unemployment in the Central Okanagan has jumped in the last six months however the number of job hunters remains well below the national average. In its latest labour force survey, Statistics Canada is reporting an unemployment rate of 4.5 per cent in the Kelowna census area, up six basis points from last month...