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Four-day work week for tourism? Canadians might be asking the wrong question
When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern publicly encouraged employers to move to a four-day…

North Okanagan woman wins $5K after being fired for ‘inexcusable’ texting
LUMBY – A dental assistant has won over $5,000 from her former employer after she…
‘It’s leading to burnout,’ Vernon business owner says of local labour shortage
VERNON – Lisa Gallie used to get 50 to 70 resumes when she advertised a…
Impacts of Central Okanagan bus strike felt in Vernon
VERNON – A public transit strike in Kelowna is having an effect on bus riders…

Vernon City Hall wouldn’t be the same without Ollie
VERNON - Ollie trots in to work at Vernon City Hall around 8 a.m. and heads to his desk in the engineering department. Well, actually he heads under it, because Ollie is no ordinary city staffer—he’s an office dog. The five-year-old schnauzer spends a lot of his day-job snoozing under owner Ken Juniper’s desk in...