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Women’s initiative addresses local employment issues BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
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Trail council became the first signatories on a regional accord that supports increasing women’s access to local economic opportunities. Following a presentation from “Women Creating Change (WCC)” coordinators Tara Howse and Jan Morton during the Monday night meeting, city council committed to supporting regional decisions that would increase women’s access to opportunities such as affordable education, skills training and higher waged employment. The women’s initiative is a partnership between the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre and the Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society (Trail FAIR) that launched in May 2012 after being awarded three years of funding by the Status of Women Canada to address barriers to women achieving economic security and stability in the region.
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Women comprise 51 per cent of the population in Lower Columbia communities and through a gender based study, WCC gathered a snapshot profile of women in the workplace and identified social factors that support or limit economic security. One third of the local female labour force works in low wage occupations, according to WCC’s report, and more than half the women in the region earn less than $24,000 a year. Most of the female workforce (86 per cent) is employed in health and social services, retail trade, education or in the business sector. However, the report includes Teck Trail Operations, the largest company in the region, which employs about 1,500 workers, but states “most of the work opportunities are typically male-dominated occupations.” See GOAL, Page 3
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New director added at annual meeting BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
A new director from downtown Trail’s business community joined the six-member board of the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce (TCOC) during Tuesday night’s annual general meeting. Kathleen Plaa, a notary public and two-year business owner, was sworn in by Trail Coun. Sean Mackinlay and will network in the working community along with ongoing directors Debra Barembruch from Amore’s Ristorante; Gilbert Champagne of Hollis Wealth; Robin Legere, Canadian Tire; Lesley Yearsly from Scotiabank; Cary Zips; and Susan Chew (board president) from Selkirk College. “The chamber was my first introduction into being a business owner,” said Plaa. “They were really there for me, so now it’s about serving the community in the capacity of a director.” See MEMBERSHIP, Page 3
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Deseree Eastcott shows what’s left of the Easter-themed cupcakes that’ve been hopping off the Pastry Shop’s baking sheets all week as Greater Trail celebrates the Easter holiday with several events. See Grapevine on Page 3.
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