Infoline Highlights: Coverage for the week of November 21 - 25

Homicide - There were 95 victims of homicide in British Columbia in 2015, up from 89 in 2014. Nineteen of them were victims of gang-related homicide.
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Post-Secondary Education - Total enrolment in public postsecondary institutions in British Columbia decreased 1.7% in the 2014/2015 academic year. Enrolments declined at the same pace for male and female students (each down 1.7%), though female enrolment remains consistently higher overall.
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Education - In the 2014/15 school year, enrolment in British Columbia public elementary and secondary schools was 543,105 (excluding general programs for adults and vocational programs for youth and adults), down 0.7% from 2013/14 (based on headcount number of students enrolled in programs at the beginning of the school year).
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Employment Insurance - The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in B.C. inched up 0.9% (seasonally adjusted) to 54,410 in September, the third increase in beneficiaries this year.
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Retail Sales - Retail sales in British Columbia climbed 0.9% (seasonally adjusted) in September, following a lacklustre August (+0.0%). Nationally, retail sales saw the first real sign of growth in recent months, having remained relatively stagnant since May, rising 0.6% in September.
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Visitor Entries - Total non-resident entries to Canada via British Columbia jumped 2.3% (seasonally adjusted) in September. While the number of visitors from the U.S. rose a solid 1.1%, entries from the rest of the world (+5.7%) were up even more markedly.
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Wholesale Sales - Wholesalers in British Columbia saw revenues slip 0.9% (seasonally adjusted) in September, partly due to weaker sales in the motor vehicle and parts subsector. Canadian wholesale sales decreased 1.2%, with declines recorded in five of the seven subsectors.
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Current Surveys

• Apprenticeship Student Outcomes (APPSO) Survey
• Baccalaureate Graduate Survey
• BC Hydro Workforce Profile Survey
• BC Labour Market Agreement Outcomes Survey
• BC Public Service - Career Development and Opportunities Survey
• BC Public Service Exit Survey
• Canada-BC Job Grant Outcomes Survey
  
• Capilano University 2016 Employee Engagement Survey
• Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey
• FrontCounter BC Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities Outcome Survey
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Application Process Survey
• North Island College 2016 Employee Engagement Survey
  
• Procurement Transformation Survey (#BCTECH Strategy)
• SDSI LMAPD Monthly Survey 2016-17

You can read more about any of these by visiting our Current and Recent Surveys page.