Lost without influence at City Hall, the old power structure seems to have simply taken to talking to itself. By Mike Archer. Making a silk purse of a sow’s ear…
A reminder of our painfully slow recession recovery. Despite the provincial government’s budget statement and reports of large percentage year-over-year increases in some employment sectors, the employment picture in BC is…
Participation in workforce drops The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA rose, month-over-month from 6.0 percent in December to 6.5 percent in January bucking both the national and provincial trends. Compared…
The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA rose, month-over-month from 5.8 percent in November to 6.0 percent in December bucking both the national and provincial trends. Compared to December 2013 the…
From the City of Abbotsford. Applications are currently being accepted for both Auxiliary and Career positions. Please make sure that you submit your application to the correct competition. Auxiliary Firefighter…
The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA dropped, month-over-month from 7.4 percent in September to 6.1 percent in October. Compared to October 2013 the rate dropped in October from 7.1…
The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA dropped, month-over-month from 8.3 percent in August to 7.4 percent in September. Compared to September 2013 the rate rose in September from 7.1…
Unemployment in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA jumped almost a full percentage point to 8.3 from August of 2013 and up from 8.2 percent in July. As always, the local figures represent,…
The unemployment rate in Abbotsford-Mission dropped to 7.7 percent in May from 8.1 in April and the participation rate dropped with it to 66.9 percent. The area is till head…
The unemployment rate in the Abbotsford-Mission Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) inched down to 8.1 percent in April, but we retained our long-held title of having the highest unemployment rate in…