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Calgary-based Trican Well Service cuts jobs, salaries as low oil prices stall drilling plans

Published April 6, 2020 11:55 am

Trican Well Service says it has cut its employee costs by half through salary reductions, layoffs and job sharing in reaction to a severe slowdown in drilling activity due to low oil prices.

TSX rises on energy stocks as U.S. jobless claims hit 6.6 million

Published April 2, 2020 10:01 am

Canada's benchmark stock index inched higher thanks as oil prices moved up.

Canada’s coronavirus response can shift economy’s direction to low-carbon: experts

Published April 5, 2020 11:11 am

Analysts are saying that Canada could hasten its recovery and position itself for a low-carbon economy by the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Okanagan restaurants battered by COVID-19: ‘These people are losing their livelihoods’

Published April 3, 2020 8:50 pm

The Table Café at Codfathers Marketin Kelowna has been forced to let five employees go and the owner is left to prepare food and deliver it to customers.

Canada to allow seasonal foreign workers but they must self-isolate, minister says

Published April 5, 2020 3:13 pm

Over the years, temporary foreign workers have become an important part of Canada's agricultural industry. They are often hired to come overseas to fill short-term labour shortages when no Canadian citizens are able to help out.

5 jobs expected to be ‘vital’ for Canada’s economy in 2018

Published January 11, 2018 5:30 pm

Indeed economist Daniel Culbertson predicts the labour market's brightest spots will be health care and tech.

The top eight careers of the future in Canada

Published September 17, 2016 8:00 am

Today's students should line up their education with the job market demands of tomorrow.

Canada adds 30K jobs in February, unemployment rate edges up to 5.6%

Published March 6, 2020 10:01 am

The increase in jobs was led by Quebec and gains in full-time work.

From welders to surgeons: The most in-demand jobs for 2020

Published January 13, 2020 8:01 am

Health care industries along with the trades are continuing to need more workers through 2020 and beyond.

Canada’s 10 most in demand jobs of 2019 — and their pay: Randstad

Published January 26, 2019 7:00 am

From sales associate to live chat agent, here's what employers are looking for.

Best and worst master’s degrees for jobs today

Published September 8, 2017 7:00 am

In some cases, a master's degree can lead to more on-the-job compensation. But in others, it can just spell rising student debt.

Here’s why you still can’t get a job — or a raise — despite record-low unemployment

Published November 1, 2018 4:33 pm

The current picture of Canada's job market isn't as rosy as you might think.

Positive changes to Canadian indigenous underemployment: Report

Published September 30, 2018 12:55 pm

A new report looking at employment and skills outcomes in Canada shows Indigenous people still face numerous barrier, but changes when there are Indigenous-led programs.

Canada adds 63K jobs in September, unemployment rate dips to 5.9%

Published October 5, 2018 9:56 am

The data caps three months of wild swings for the Canadian job market after strong gains in July and a hefty net job loss in August.

Rapid growth of automation threatening jobs in Canada: report

Published October 19, 2017 5:56 am

"We need to get down to the urgent work of assessing not just how work will change in Canada but how Canadian workers should prepare."

Generation Z and the (achievable) dream jobs they want

Published June 23, 2018 7:00 am

Generation Z is just starting to enter the workforce now, so what can employers and fellow employees expect of the incoming cohort?

7 careers in the trades that are in demand in Canada now

Published December 11, 2017 7:00 am

Jobs in the trades are going up in demand – here are the most popular according to Indeed.

Canadians want work. Why have so many stopped looking?

Published February 10, 2015 9:50 am

The percentage of working-age Canadians who aren’t working – who aren’t even looking for a job – is at a historic high years after the economy supposedly bounced back from the recession.

Economists release 2017 forecast for Alberta, job seekers hopeful

Published November 8, 2016 11:06 pm

Business and economic leaders met in Calgary Tuesday, unveiling an economic outlook that suggests Alberta has hit the bottom of the oil price slump.

New set of job skills in demand during Alberta’s economic downturn

Published January 11, 2016 9:59 pm

There's a big shift underway in Alberta's job market. A totally different set of skills are now sought-after assets for job-seekers.

Edmonton job market recovery hits a bump in July

Published August 4, 2017 1:59 pm

Edmonton's unemployment rate is at the highest it's been in decades, and it's going to take a while to get back down.

5 things to know about the September job numbers

Published October 9, 2015 12:13 pm

Part-time workers aged 55 and older won the job market last month. That, and four other things to know about Statscan's latest labour report.

Cracks in Canada’s job market starting to show, finance minister warned

Published August 1, 2018 3:05 pm

An internal federal analysis is forecasting job market moderation on the horizon following Canada's extended period of healthy employment growth.

She wanted a job, but at 55, no one would hire her

Published March 8, 2020 8:00 am

The TIOW program aims to increase the engagement of mature jobseekers in Saskatchewan’s labour force.

Hot Jobs: The $100K entry-level job you can get here in Canada

Published October 29, 2018 5:00 am

Cut-throat competition to hire the best and brightest tech graduates to work on data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are driving up salaries for new grads.