News Items tag as: Chartered Professional Accountants of BC

Unemployment rate falls in Okanagan, Kamloops but it’s not a good thing
November 15, 2023 - 3:30 PM

The unemployment rate fell last month in the Thompson-Okanagan but the drop is more of a reflection of the region’s shrinking workforce than a booming economy.
How you can save a few bucks as inflation, interest rates rise
June 15, 2022 - 7:00 PM
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After two years of record low interest rates, Canadians are being hit with rapid increase.
Help may be coming to ease Thompson-Okanagan housing crunch
March 11, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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As home and rent prices continue to rise in the Thompson-Okanagan region, help may be on the way thanks to a near-record number of new houses under construction last year, according to the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
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.
New home construction leading economic recovery in Thompson-Okanagan: report
February 19, 2021 - 2:30 PM

There was a 13.3 per cent drop in new home construction starts in the Thompson-Okanagan region last year, but that was better than the rest of the province.
Job growth good in some sectors of Thompson-Okanagan economy despite pandemic
December 20, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Even though COVID-19 cost thousands of people their jobs in the Thompson and Okanagan regions, some sectors actually saw job growth by November.
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JONESIE: The real forces controlling the news
OPINION I think I understand sometimes why some people don’t trust the news anymore. It plays by old rules that seem silly and stuffy and serving you — citizens and readers/viewers — seems to be missing from the

What to do with those Oregon grape berries
Sometimes the most ordinary, unremarkable looking plants growing in our forests and neighbourhoods can have some surprising characteristics. Oregon grape is found growing in wet and dry areas throughout the Thompson-Okanagan with its signat

Cayman Islands to ask voters whether to ease marijuana laws
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands plans to hold a referendum on whether to turn possession of small amounts of marijuana into a minor offense. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said there is widespread support among legisla

Central Okanagan has quietest real estate month since 2012
In the Central Okanagan, there was half the number of single-family homes sold in September compared to the 10-year average. A report from Rennie Intelligence paints a bleak picture of the Central Okanagan real estate market showing a 21% d

News Items tag as: Chartered Professional Accountants of BC

Unemployment rate falls in Okanagan, Kamloops but it’s not a good thing

How you can save a few bucks as inflation, interest rates rise

Help may be coming to ease Thompson-Okanagan housing crunch

More than 21,000 jobs unfilled in Thompson-Okanagan

New home construction leading economic recovery in Thompson-Okanagan: report

Job growth good in some sectors of Thompson-Okanagan economy despite pandemic

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