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British Columbia lost 19,000 jobs in March, pushing the province’s unemployment rate up to 6.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.

British Columbia is launching a new $40 million venture fund with the University of British Columbia to help turn campus research into high-growth companies.

British Columbia lost 20,200 jobs in February, a drop of 0.7 per cent, while the province’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 per cent, Statistics Canada said.

British Columbia added 24,100 jobs overall in 2025, despite a loss of 3,300 in December. Statistics Canada’s report released Friday shows B.C.’s employment rate in December was unchanged from the previous month at close to 61 per cent, while the unemployment rate was also steady at 6.4 per cent. That remained lower than the national […] The post B.C. saw net job growth in 2025 despite December losses appeared first on AM 1150.

Premier David Eby and Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon will travel to India next week, marking British Columbia’s third trade mission to Asia in less than 12 months. The post B.C. eyes deeper trade ties with India as Canada–India relations thaw appeared first on AM 1150.

British Columbia’s Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon said it’s too early to tell if Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against the film industry is legitimate. 

British Columbia lost close to 16,000 jobs in August, its second monthly decrease in a row. 

Premier David Eby shuffled his cabinet Thursday in what he called a “strategic” move to respond to a world that has changed since his B.C. NDP were elected last fall.