For the past six months, Mehernosh Panthaki has been earning 40 per cent less than his fellow construction workers at Woodward’s, a marquee housing and commercial project in downtown Vancouver. When the project opens in January, he will be out of a job.
Panthaki, 32, a temporary worker who emigrated from Mumbai, India, two years ago, [...]
Vancouver restaurants are bracing for a major increase in their operating costs in 2010.
The average 100 seat Vancouver restaurant use to pay $485 per year as a seat tax. That same restaurant will now be paying $800 for those seats – a 63 per cent increase.
The city pushed for the tax increase in order to [...]
Eight-month-old Gaïa De Jong chewed on a foam toy happily. Nearby, toddlers screamed and laughed as they played with plastic trains, Lego, and Play-Doh in the basement of the West Side Family Place.
“I think it’s mostly for the other children that I came here, so that Gaïa can be surrounded by kids,” said Gaïa’s mother [...]
Despite the 2010 Olympic buzz, the BC resort of Whistler is feeling the effects of the recession.
Young workers were once in high demand. But not anymore.
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Fast Track Asia is a Chinese-language newspaper’s answer to fast cash. Sing Tao Daily is targeting a specific clientele with their new service. The idea is to create a one stop shop for Asian business news. They’re attempting to attract business executives across North America.
The concept is simple. Business happens in Asia while we sleep [...]
The economic downturn is hurting workers on Vancouver’s cash corner, the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Ontario Street where workers spend hours waiting to get hired for day jobs.
Cash corner used to offer lots of jobs in construction, but that industry has been hit hard. The competition for what’s leftover is pitting born Canadians against [...]
James Min emigrated to Canada from South Korea 13 years ago. Like many Korean immigrants, he found it hard to find employment when he arrived. He spent three years working menial jobs before finally opening his own business.
Now, Min is the owner of the Robson Relax Centre, a massage studio located in the food court [...]
Shelina Virani folds a black sari in her colourful shop and recalls the times when the street was filled with pedestrians and parking was scarce in Vancouver’s Punjabi Market.
Business was booming when Virani opened Roshan’s Saree Centre in 1980. Today, the market has fallen on hard times. “I don’t see much of a future here,” [...]
1858: The first Chinese immigrants come to Vancouver from California.
1885: Thousands of Chinese immigrants arrive to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway. They are forced to settle around 1st Avenue in Vancouver because of discrimination.
1971: Chinatown is declared an historic area.
1970-80: With an influx of wealthy immigrants, the Chinese population begins to shift to the [...]
Everywhere you look in Dunbar, you see the signs.
On the window of the busy Bean Town coffee shop at 26th and Dunbar in Vancouver, a faded “help wanted” sign flaps each time someone opens the door.
On the bus shelter at 41st, the Kokopelli Café has pasted its own plea for employees. “No experience necessary. [...]
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