How have key industries performed?
May 25, 2022
  VI TRENDLINES—KEY INDUSTRIES         TOURISM… Favourable exchange rates and strong global economic conditions resulted in the addition of 4,000 jobs in tourism related...
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Where are the jobs coming from?
May 5, 2022
  VI TRENDLINES—EMPLOYMENT       Between 2014 & 2021, jobs in the public service and jobs related to goods and services to support the growing...
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How can there be a labour shortage?
April 27, 2022
  VI TRENDLINES—LABOUR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT     Between 2014 and 2021, the number of people employed grew by over 50,700 while the labour force grew...
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Shop local and buy Island Good
Featured in the Spring 2022, Focus Nanaimo Magazine, distributed in the Nanaimo News Bulletin. If there is one thing the last two years have taught us,...
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Fewer retirees moving to Vancouver Island in the past 5 years
April 22, 2022
By Simon Little  Global News, Posted April 21, 2022 5:26 pm, Updated April 21, 2022 8:05 pm   Vancouver Island has long been known as a destination...
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‘Priced itself out of the retirement market’: Realtors weigh in on changing age of Vancouver Island residents
April 21, 2022
Source: CTV News Vancouver Island Brendan Strain, CTV News Vancouver Island Journalist, Published April 19, 2022 5:09 p.m. PDT Vancouver Island has long been known as...
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Young people make up growing number of newcomers to Vancouver Island: report
Source: CTV News Vancouver Island By Adam Chan, CTV News Vancouver Island Staff, Published April 18, 2022 2:14 p.m. PDT Vancouver Island has long been described...
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Why is it so Hard to Find a Home?
April 11, 2022
  VI TRENDLINES – HOUSING AFFORDABILITY     Average rent for apartments and townhomes went up 40% – 60% across Vancouver Island from 2015 TO 2021....
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