Palm Springs to Vancouver

Palermo Palm Springs sometimes is called Little Canada, so this article in the paper might be of interest. It reads: "An unprecedented construction boom has left British Columbia with a large shortage of construction workers — a scenario that could benefit unemployed Coachella Valley residents. “Some have not found work for the past four years in their trade,” said Tom Freeman, commissioner with the Riverside County Economic Development Agency’s office of foreign trade, which has helped set up a Dec. 4 job fair in Indio to recruit workers willing to move north. Economic development specialists and others in the Coachella Valley have been very involved in what is called the “workforce mobility program,” with initial meetings taking place in Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs, he said. The British Columbia Construction Association, which represents some 2,000 companies, will have a delegation at the job fair, as it has at similar job fairs held in Ireland and Scotland, said Abigail Fulton, vice president and an attorney with the association based in Victoria, British Columbia." Miss Penny Lane says: With this morning's gray cloudy weather, she feels like she's in B.C.