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      <title>CPABC: Kootenays labour market remains resilient, despite lowest labour force participation rate in the province</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2973523</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:subject>Annual report</dc:subject>
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      <title>CPABC: Greater Victoria’s workforce posts healthy growth in 2024</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov.  01, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to <strong><em>BC Check-Up: Work,</em></strong> an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on labour market trends across the province, there were 243,200 Greater Victoria residents working in September 2024, up 6.2 per cent from one year earlier.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2973453</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:subject>Economic Research and Reports</dc:subject>
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      <title>CPABC: Southwest B.C.’s labour market softens as population growth accelerates</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="left">VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct.  31, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to this year's BC Check-Up: Work, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on employment trends across the province, the unemployment rate for Southwest B.C. was 6.5 per cent, up 0.4 percentage points from one year earlier.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2972808</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:modified>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:56 GMT</dc:modified>
      <dc:subject>Research Analysis and Reports</dc:subject>
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      <title>CPABC: Vancouver Island’s Workforce Expands, Outpacing Population Growth</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>DUNCAN, British Columbia, Oct.  30, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to <strong><em>BC Check-Up: Work</em></strong>, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on labour market trends across the province, 225,400 people were employed in Vancouver Island and Coast (excluding Greater Victoria), as the region added 12,400 workers between September 2023 and September 2024.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:subject>Management statements</dc:subject>
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      <dc:keyword>Vancouver Island</dc:keyword>
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      <title>CPABC: Thompson-Okanagan’s employment rate falls to lowest in the province</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>KELOWNA, British Columbia, Oct.  30, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to BC Check-Up: Work, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on labour market trends across the province, the Thompson-Okanagan’s unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in September 2024, up 1.7 percentage points from one year earlier.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:subject>Market Research Reports</dc:subject>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct.  29, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the latest BC Check-Up: Work report, an annual release by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) examining employment trends across the province, B.C.'s unemployment rate jumped to 6.0 per cent in September 2024, up from 5.5 per cent one year earlier.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:subject>Product / Services Announcement</dc:subject>
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      <dc:keyword>BC economy</dc:keyword>
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      <dc:keyword>BC Labour</dc:keyword>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p align="left">VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug.  16, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) and the CPA Western School of Business (CPAWSB) congratulate Emily Margaret Peters for earning the Regional Gold Medal for achieving the highest score in Western Canada and the 250 other CPA candidates who passed the multi-day national Common Final Examination (CFE) in May 2024.<br></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2931668</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:contributor>Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia</dc:contributor>
      <dc:modified>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:35 GMT</dc:modified>
      <dc:subject>Contests/Awards</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Tax Issues/Accounting</dc:subject>
      <dc:keyword>2024 CFE</dc:keyword>
      <dc:keyword>CFE</dc:keyword>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2923095</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:modified>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:14 GMT</dc:modified>
      <dc:subject>Product / Services Announcement</dc:subject>
      <dc:keyword>Vancouver Island economy</dc:keyword>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:identifier>2921483</dc:identifier>
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      <dc:contributor>Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia</dc:contributor>
      <dc:modified>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:23 GMT</dc:modified>
      <dc:subject>Tax Issues/Accounting</dc:subject>
      <dc:keyword>Victoria Economy</dc:keyword>
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      <dc:keyword>BC Population</dc:keyword>
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      <title>CPABC: Majority of international arrivals to British Columbia settle in Southwest B.C., as housing crisis worsens</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July  29, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to <strong><em>BC Check-Up: Live</em></strong>, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on demographic and affordability trends across the province, Southwest B.C.’s (which encompasses the Lower Mainland) population grew by 129,000 people, or 3.9 per cent in 2023.<br></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:subject>Economic Research and Reports</dc:subject>
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      <dc:keyword>Vancouver</dc:keyword>
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      <dc:keyword>Lower Mainland</dc:keyword>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>SMITHERS, British Columbia, July  25, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to <strong><em>BC Check-Up: Live</em></strong>, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on demographic and affordability trends across the province, Northwest B.C.’s population grew by 769 residents in 2023, bringing the total population to 99,840 people.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:keyword>kitimat</dc:keyword>
      <dc:keyword>Smithers</dc:keyword>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia, July  18, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to <strong><em>BC Check-Up: Live</em></strong>, an annual report by the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) on demographic and affordability trends across the province, Northeast B.C. added 455 residents in 2023, bringing the region’s population to 70,119 residents.<br></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:publisher>GlobeNewswire Inc.</dc:publisher>
      <dc:contributor>Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia</dc:contributor>
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