Category Archives: Canadian Press
Purchase of three icebreakers turns Canada's August trade surplus into a deficit
OTTAWA - The summertime purchase of three ships from Sweden has wiped out Canada’s healthy trade surplus for August and replaced it with a deficit, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency made...
Nov 02, 2018
National employment numbers for October from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at October employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.8 per cent (5.9) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.5) Participation rate: 65.2 per cent...
Nov 02, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Nov 02, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 5.8 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labr...
Nov 02, 2018
Wages surge as US adds a robust 250,000 jobs in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses ramped up hiring in October, and wages rose by the largest year-over-year amount in nearly a decade, a combination that is pulling a rising share of Americans into the job...
Nov 02, 2018
Wage growth weakens despite tightened job market; unemployment rate dips to 5.8%
OTTAWA - Canada’s unemployment rate has edged back down to its four-decade low of 5.8 per cent - but even in a job market that’s having a hard time finding workers, wage growth is continui...
Nov 02, 2018
No changes planned to assisted-death law, Ottawa says after dying woman's plea
HALIFAX - Ottawa remains confident in its assisted dying legislation, and doesn’t plan changes despite a Halifax woman’s deathbed plea, federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said F...
Nov 02, 2018
Ottawa to purchase a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol vessel: Sajjan
HALIFAX - Concern over a potential lack of work for Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding turned to cheers Friday as the federal government announced it would purchase a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol...
Nov 02, 2018
At the Turn: Canadian golf exec sings praises of premium equipment
Golf may have already given way to hockey season in Canada, but Bill Holowaty still has irons, wedges and putters on his mind. Expensive ones. So should you, he surmises. Holowaty is the co-founder of...
Nov 02, 2018
New Brunswick Tories prepare for power after Liberal government falls
FREDERICTON - The transfer of power has begun in New Brunswick, after Brian Gallant’s Liberals fell on a confidence vote Friday. Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau asked Progressive Conservative Lea...
Nov 02, 2018