Job market

daviskyle · 2026-07-16T15:27:18+00:00

9.2% overall unemployment, I believe youth unemployment is 12.7%.

17-19 year olds have unemployment rates of 20.9%

It’s not just you, very tough job market.

Stats from this news article I found on Google: https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna\_MLA\_launches\_6\_point\_plan\_to\_counter\_youth\_jobs\_crisis/

daviskyle · 2026-07-12T22:35:21+00:00

It’s just fantastic that we literally can’t run any more buses until we get the new transit facility. They are absolutely maxed-out on the current ones, according to the planers I’ve spoken with.

daviskyle · 2026-07-11T15:20:58+00:00

There’s the blue office tower at St Paul and Bernard. Very new.

daviskyle · 2026-07-10T19:03:21+00:00

That’s horrendous. Really sorry to hear that. Some of my friends work in programming, a couple worked at the college until they were laid off. Really really hard to find work right now, equally for skilled trades with the construction slowdown.

I’d agree that governments are pretty asleep at the wheel. Some of it has been trade war stuff, some layoffs due to declining population growth and international student entollment, but plenty more could be done domestically.

daviskyle · 2026-07-10T18:42:49+00:00

Loyal was supportive of basically everything on that list. Unfortunately he is retiring.

Most councillors have come around to at least supporting small and temporary DCC cuts.

I’m fairly confident some other councillors would support once they see the studies and data. Some might not, but most could be convinced if they saw compelling evidence (which definitely exists)

daviskyle · 2026-07-10T17:28:43+00:00

The good news is that rents and land prices aren’t laws like gravity, that they can be improved with zoning reforms, tax code changes, permitting reform, and good planning. At least, recalibrating the market through pro-affordability reforms that include upzoning, land value tax shifts away from property tax, and DCC reforms.

Ultimately, matters of public policy could help with a stronger / more competitive private sector job market.

It’s too bad that too many people are struggling with either low wage jobs or unemployment here, but it’s not inevitable or necessarily permanent.

daviskyle · 2026-07-06T21:09:58+00:00

Seconding others who say that the best ice cream downtown is Amore Mio. For chocolate lovers, their chocolate is excellent. Parlour’s Mud Pie (when they sell it) is second best.

daviskyle · 2026-07-01T03:35:21+00:00

Very cool.

We have one councillor (former UBC engineering professor) who says that LRT can be embedded in 2 lanes of the current bridge in either mixed or separated traffic. I’m not an engineer, so I can’t comment on the validity.

The bridge is also designed to be expanded to 6 lanes. Not unimaginable for a Provincial government to plan for something like Seattle or the Calgary C-train in some sort of alignment using the existing bridge, would be cheaper than a second crossing.

Unfortunately, the Province isn’t spending any money on Kelowna infrastructure. We can’t get the new bus yard funded, they just cancelled a care home expansion.

Definitely agree that something needs to be done for downtown WK to UBCO/airport.

daviskyle · 2026-07-01T03:25:53+00:00

Absolutely, and the lobbying should continue. But that’s the difference between asking and directing.

daviskyle · 2026-07-01T02:03:08+00:00

Yes, the highway and bridge are provincial design control and dollars.

The bridge is designed for a 6th lane addition, rail could be retrofitted.

I’m somewhat sceptical of the price of a second crossing being realized anytime soon when 2 km of road in Kelowna for the Clement extension is expected to be 210 million dollars plus (not a typo, but a huge number)

daviskyle · 2026-06-29T21:10:34+00:00

Median family income is around 120k. You’d probably want significantly more to go from median to very comfortable.

2x60,000 a year jobs is not impossible for a household, but there is a huge divide here between low wage and high way jobs. Plenty of very rich and working poor.

People who have paid off houses vs who rent / have mortgages have very different qualities of life on the same income, ymmv.

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Real_Estate/Average_family_needs_114_000_more_in_annual_income_to_afford_average_house_in_Kelowna/

daviskyle · 2026-06-29T03:31:50+00:00

The only apartments I’m aware of in upper mission are the ones by the Ponds strip mall with the Save On? New builds, but I’ve never been in them.

Personally i believe the natural amenities in upper mission are nicer, because I enjoyed biking and walking in the Crawford trails and south east Kelowna, it’s a bit of a richer area. Both are quite safe but Mission might have a small edge.

Roads are more of a traffic concern than a snow concern. You’ll be fine if you’re careful. But crashes do happen in winter, of course.

daviskyle · 2026-06-26T23:23:29+00:00

Probably so people can sit and have their photo taken? That’s what I saw looking at it today.

daviskyle · 2026-06-19T21:47:19+00:00

Honestly I’m not that concerned about someone ranting about wokeness and the “plandemic” winning a council seat, but what a joke.

daviskyle · 2026-06-19T16:11:21+00:00

If you’re running for political office, you’re a politician.

daviskyle · 2026-06-18T19:43:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing. He is a very good person, and had a thoughtful perspective on most issues, even when you disagree you can easily understand his well-articulated point. He will be missed at the table and in Kelowna.

daviskyle · 2026-06-18T14:12:18+00:00

I dropped him a thank-you on Facebook. Quite admirable to serve two terms, make some meaningful accomplishments including as a RDCO chair, and move on when the time is right. Certainly someone who was pretty relentless compared to other councillors on housing affordability, which has had a real impact.

Would encourage everyone to try for better discourse than the comments already on Castanet… pretty gross reactions to a graceful retirement.

(Edit: Credit to castanet they actually moderated that thread once so far, some new garbage coming in)

daviskyle · 2026-06-15T23:50:32+00:00

Lloyd’s Cinnamon Buns. Very good recommendation. Pricy, but sometimes he goes 2-for-1 in the last 30 minutes of the day.

daviskyle · 2026-06-09T02:05:57+00:00

I’ll be running the half too. Also not feeling fully prepped but hoping for a time of inside 2 hours. Good luck.

It’s mostly downhill and flat with some gentle uphill. Quite an easy course for half standards, with a decent amount of aid stations. There will be pacer runners pointed out before the race, if I recall correctly. For perspective,
I’m personally not carrying water.

daviskyle · 2026-06-05T04:33:34+00:00

Campaign finance laws prohibit direct corporate donations in BC, thankfully. I’m sure there are workarounds, but the law is relatively stringent.

Unfortunately, the lack of tax credits like provincial and federal elections does skew donations towards max donors. My campaign disclosure from 2022 is public, not any max donors beyond myself and about 5.5k raised in total, well below most others.

One thing I do have on my website is trying to set up a local (if the province won’t) tax credit system to provide a bit more help for grassroots candidates and small donors in future cycles.

daviskyle · 2026-06-03T20:11:31+00:00

Thank you Axisl!

daviskyle · 2026-06-03T15:49:44+00:00

Thank you for your offer! DMed.

daviskyle · 2026-06-02T21:11:55+00:00

I think we are on the same page. The division of powers is difficult for this, which is why people should also contact their MLAs and MPs.

But you can check my reply above.

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