BC Jobs

• Mineral development company job fair held in Campbell River, B.C.

  Ascot Resources is looking to fill 57 jobs including, engineers, operators, planners, technicians, electricians and supervisors.

  Economy

  Jan 13
  
• Drastic action needed from B.C. government regarding looming labour shortage: report

  Currently, the board said Vancouver has 150,000 existing job vacancies and has a projected 700,000 workers set to retire over the next ten years.

  Economy

  Feb 2, 2023
  
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• B.C. employment down 14,000 in November; 1 of 5 provinces to see decline

  British Columbia's employment decrease of 0.5 per cent was driven by losses in part-time work, according to Statistics Canada's labour force survey.

  Economy

  Dec 2, 2022
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• B.C. unemployment decreases to 4.6% halfway through 2022

  The survey shows unemployment rose 6.2 per cent in Vancouver over the past month, compared to less than half a per cent in Toronto.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2022
• Vancouver non-profit ‘can’t create jobs fast enough’ for Downtown Eastside residents

  Prior to the pandemic, Mission Possible saw an average of 400 applicants per year. In the past year, however, that number has swelled to more than 600.

  Economy

  Jun 7, 2022
• Record number of people moved to B.C. last year amidst labour, housing shortages

  Statistics Canada found an additional 100,797 people came to B.C. from another province, territory or country in 2021 -- the highest annual net migration total since 1961.

  Economy

  Apr 6, 2022
• B.C. government lays out plan to grow economy, fill 1M jobs over next decade

  “Our government understands that people are the economy and that growing the economy cannot mean leaving people behind,” Premier John Horgan said Thursday.

  Economy

  Feb 17, 2022
• B.C. expecting to lose 600k workers to retirement in next decade

  The Labour Market Outlook is forecasting nearly 80 per cent of these future job openings will require some level of post-secondary education or training.

  Economy

  Feb 7, 2022
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• B.C. bucks national trend by adding 3,800 jobs in December

  According to Statistics Canada, the national unemployment rate edged up from 8.5 per cent to 8.6 per cent, while the B.C. rate rose slightly from 7.1 per cent to 7.2.

  Economy

  Jan 8, 2021
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• Coronavirus: B.C.’s strong job recovery continued in September

  Kelowna’s unemployment rate for September 2020 is eight per cent, which is down from the peak of 9.6 per cent in May.

  Economy

  Oct 9, 2020