B.C.’s unemployment rate rose by nearly two-thirds from March to April, Statistics Canada said Friday, with hundreds of thousands of jobs wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial jobless rate jumped from 7.2 per cent to 11.5 per cent last month, according to the latest Labour Force Survey data. Addressing the grim numbers late Friday morning, B.C. Finance […]

  by Paul Eby

I had Tony Munday make them.  He donated his design time and had them ready the next day!  I snuck around Penticton! last night, then Oliver! this morning to stake them in the yards of all the teachers. It was a ton of fun, and they are all thrilled! Patsy-Anne Takacs Principal, Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary  

There is no question that stock markets are volatile right now and they likely won’t calm down anytime soon. When markets get choppy, it pays to have a plan for your investments, and to stick to it. A natural reaction to volatility is to allow fear to cloud your better judgement and reduce or eliminate […]

Have a nice weekend – out doors! Out of doors better that inside – Dr. Bonnie Henry