On Monday we held an event with Trades and training expert Finbar O’Sullivan looking at career opportunities in northern BC and Alberta for trades. Finbar said Job Opportunities are still out there even as much of Northern Alberta has been laying off and apprentices are coming back to Okanagan waiting for a new round of(…)
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Making Sense of Oil Prices
In the last year we have seen oil prices drop by 50 %, and yet we still see increases of gas prices at pumps in Kelowna. Many are a protesting pipeline development, while other countries economies are slumping. What’s going on? I listened this podcast from American Public Media – Market Place Weekend on the labour day weekend. Well worth the(…)
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Minimum Wage Debate
Recently the Liberal Government increased the British Columbia minimum wage to 10.25 an hour. No other financial discussion creates more emotion than an increase to the minimum wage. (Also called the Okanagan or Kelowna “Sunshine Tax”) The BC Federation of Labour’s (BFED) Jim Sinclair has been lobbying for an increase to a 13 dollars an(…)
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Travel with Passion in 2015!
I’ve been involved in the financial industry for almost 20 years, and the number one thing on everyone’s bucket list is travel. With expansion of Kelowna and Penticton airports you can reach almost any where is North America in less than 7 hours. Everyone has their preference, some like it hot, some like history others(…)
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