The issue was that we couldn’t afford to just come back and hope one of us would get a good job.
Welcome to Shangri-flawed
With help wanted signs sprouting like roadside weeds, it’s not surprising that Okanagan employers are struggling to cope. But just when you’d expect job seekers to be sitting in the driver’s seat, many wannabe workers are getting a bumpy ride. High housing costs and stagnant wages are obvious culprits, but the following three case studies, along with our salary comparisons, reveal there’s more to this picture.
Illustration by Will Enns
Read more of the original stories celebrated in our 30th-anniversary issue.
Début Issues: Best Restaurants & Best of the Okanagan
Fall 1995 • Fall 1996 Best Restaurants (1995): The Okanagan has a better than average mix of terrific dining establishments. Okanagan Life turned to its readers to rank the best of the best and has compiled the first Readers’ Choice of their favourites in 35 different...
Wendell Phillips
Jan/Feb 2003 • July/August 2004 Camera in hand, Wendell Phillips has travelled the world, capturing stunning images of people and life, and recording the atrocities and pain human beings inflict upon one another. In a career that spans close to a quarter century (in...
Old Lady of the Lake
Jan/Feb 2004 The seven-eighths of a mile between the Westside and the sandy beach at Kelowna has always been a traveller’s headache. Since the days when the first Europeans settled the Okanagan, getting across has required patience, perseverance and ingenuity. Despite...
Developer Mike Culos
Homes 1997 Successful developer and Social Credit Party president Mike Culos is no different than your average Joe, despite his obvious wealth, numerous toys, spectacular home and community prominence. His life is weighted down by the mundane drudgery and...
Robert Dow Reid
Fall 1988 The plunge into the world of art paid off for Robert Dow Reid. The shipyards of Scotland where it all began may be a long way off, but for this internationally renowned sculptor, the ocean of his boyhood is ever present in the enduring and beautiful shapes...
Ink! The Musical
April 2006 For years a father would sing songs to his three children as they drifted off to sleep. That passion became an obsession and on April 14, 2006 Ink! The Musical opened at Performance Works Theatre, on Vancouver’s Granville Island. The book, music and...
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