The retiring baby boom generation and a declining population are creating a war for talent as businesses compete for employees, according to a new survey. Over half of Canadian employees (57 per cent) recognize this trend to have a direct impact on their careers, Randstad’s latest Global Workmonitor survey revealed. Chinese employees feel this most […]

Proponents are billing it as a service for tourists, but a watchdog group sees it as another attempt to develop the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort area through ‘the backdoor,’ and without due process.  “It” is a proposal to open commercial skiing operations at the former Camp Green site, on Farnham Glacier, just over the height-of-land […]

B.C. businesses now have access to a comprehensive guide that provides information on how to create a business environment that is safe and comfortable for seniors. Creating an Age-friendly Business in B.C. is a collaborative release between the Ministry of Health and the BC Chamber of Commerce. The guide is designed to help new and […]

Georgia is a country that wants to move its economy into the new millennium. Not an easy task for a former Soviet Republic that has been in conflict on and off with Russia since the summer of 2008. Despite their country’s troubles, Georgians are a friendly and very hospitable people. According to Selkirk College Business […]

The Winnipeg family of 29-year-old Sheilah Sweatman is coming to grips with her recent death, an article in The Vancouver Province reports. Sweatman, who moved to Ymir two years ago, drowned Wednesday afternoon during a recovery attempt in the Goat River river near Creston. She was part of a dozen Kootenay Swift Water Specialists who […]

With only four-weeks to go before the race begins, Atmosphere Raid the North Extreme Race Director Geoff Langford offers a preview of top teams to watch. “We have a competitor field with lots of depth and experience this year,” he said. “In adventure racing there are many game-changing variables that can alter the outcome of […]

Mosquuitos and the threat of West Nile virus are back. West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites, has been present in B.C. since 2009. The virus (WNv) was first detected in B.C. in the South Okanagan during the summer of 2009 with the identification of WNv […]

B.C.’s public sector is officially carbon neutral, a first for any province or state in North America. To kick-start carbon-neutral efforts, B.C. launched a $75-million public-sector energy conservation capital fund in 2008. It has funded 247 energy projects in schools, hospitals, colleges, universities and other government buildings across the province. Once complete, those projects are […]

Highway 31 near Coffee Creek is the latest section of Kootenay highway to join the televised ranks of DriveBC’s network of real-time coverage web cameras. Extreme weather and the congested nature of the area were the reasons the Ministry of Transportation elected to initiate a camera at that stretch of road, but anyone driving the […]

An attempt is underway to reverse a decline in honey bee colony populations. More than $244,000 in federal government money will be given to the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association to develop new strategies to help reverse the decline. The project aims to help beekeepers secure sustainable honey harvests and provide essential pollination services to the fruit […]