Findlay's Vacuum and Sewing, a vacuum and sewing machine sales and repair store, in Kamloops’ North Shore has recently closed. Lee’s Music, a musical instrument store, will be opening in its place by April 1.
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Retail trade
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Added on 2024-12-29
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Thompson–Okanagan Region, BC
- castanet.net
Amazon has announced plans to hire over 9,000 full-time, seasonal, and part-time employees across Canada to support their deliveries during the holiday season. Amazon is opening new delivery stations across Canada, including one opening in Burnaby at the end of October.
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Transportation and warehousing
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Added on 2024-10-03
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British Columbia
- dailyhive.com
Lush Cosmetics is scaling down operations at its Vancouver facility and shifting manufacturing operations to Toronto. The changes are expected to be completed by February 26, 2025. Lush has not released information on how many employees will be impacted by this layoff.
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Manufacturing
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Added on 2024-09-23
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Lower Mainland–Southwest Region, BC
- cbc.ca
The Government of Canada has announced over $16.3M to support skilled trades workers in British Columbia. The funds will be split across 25 projects that help recruit, train and retain more apprentices throughout the province.
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Added on 2024-08-16
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British Columbia
- canada.ca
Two Vancouver tech companies, Delta-Q Technologies and A&K Robotics have partnered to advance sustainable urban mobility initiatives across the province. Under their agreement, Delta-Q will provide chargers for A&K’s self-driving robot pods. A&K says they will unveil fleets of autonomous pods with strategic hub airports in North America and Europe in 2024.
Velocity Truck Centres has merged its Prince George Western Star and Freightliner branches into a single unit which will receive a hydrogen vehicle service bay from Innovate B.C. The company has also partnered with the College of New Caledonia to help train technicians to service hydrogen-powered trucks.