News Items tag as: Employment

Why Okanagan businesses should hire someone on autism spectrum this summer
March 29, 2024 - 3:30 PM

As the Okanagan gets ready for a busy summer, the Ready, Willing and Able program wants to remind employers of the benefits of hiring individuals on the autism spectrum for seasonal work.
The challenges of finding a job in Okanagan for those on autism spectrum
December 09, 2023 - 6:00 PM

Finding a job is challenging, especially for individuals on the autism spectrum. Programs like Ready, Willing and Able are here to help autistic individuals in the Okanagan find jobs and educate employers.
Why sheltering the homeless in the Okanagan isn't enough
November 19, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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While the Okanagan unhoused community has to face a myriad of issues to answer their basic human needs, the community also faces many problems the average person might not even fathom being an issue.
Job growth rate in Thompson-Okanagan below provincial average
November 02, 2022 - 1:30 PM

B.C. added 70,000 new jobs from September 2021 to September 2022, an increase of 2.6% but the number of jobs in the Thompson-Okanagan region only rose by 1.5% during that same time frame.
Young Canadian workers switching from service industry to tech: survey
October 19, 2022 - 9:00 AM

A new survey shows that dramatic declines in service sector workers are echoed by major increases in people working in the tech sector, especially for those aged 18 to 34.
Job vacancy numbers getting worse in Thompson-Okanagan
October 04, 2022 - 11:35 AM

Accommodation and food services lead the way with the highest ratio of job shortages in Canada. And things got worse nationwide during the first half of the year including the Thompson-Okanagan region.
More than 21,000 jobs unfilled in Thompson-Okanagan
January 27, 2022 - 6:30 AM

While thousands of working-age people moved to the Thompson-Okanagan region in the last two years and the overall number of jobs has increased by 6,400 since December 2019, there are still great inequities in the job picture.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

iN PHOTOS: These edible mushrooms in Okanagan, Kamloops dissolve into ink
While shaggy mane mushrooms are a common find for foragers in the Okanagan and Kamloops, the fungus does something unusual at this time of year, they start to dissolve into an inky mess. Charles Ruechel, an owner at Elements Adventur

Kentucky to help connect patients with medical providers as part of its medical cannabis program
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will offer an online directory to help connect patients with medical providers as it prepares for the start of its medical cannabis program in 2025, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. So far, 154 doctors a

House of Commons debate over Kelowna housing data reveals the art of the spin
Housing data for Kelowna sparked an exchange between a local Member of Parliament and the federal Housing Minister in the House of Commons earlier this week where statistics were given out of context. Kelowna-Lake Country MP Trac

News Items tag as: Employment

Why Okanagan businesses should hire someone on autism spectrum this summer

The challenges of finding a job in Okanagan for those on autism spectrum

Why sheltering the homeless in the Okanagan isn't enough

Job growth rate in Thompson-Okanagan below provincial average

Young Canadian workers switching from service industry to tech: survey

Job vacancy numbers getting worse in Thompson-Okanagan

More than 21,000 jobs unfilled in Thompson-Okanagan

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