Top Results For: unemployment

There were three unemployed Canadians for every job vacancy in December, according to a report from Statistics Canada released Thursday.

Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent in January as fewer people were looking for a job compared with the month before, according to Statistics Canada.

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain, while the unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4 per cent.

Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment remained low.

Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent in December 2025 as the trade war and U.S. tariffs continued to impact the job market.

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration.

Premier Doug Ford said OSAP "is not a freebie anymore" and that "money doesn't grow on trees" as opposition to his student loan changes continues to bubble.

The FAO found that the provincial government's budget deficit will increase to $11.1 billion in the 2025-26 year, an increase from the previous year.

Canada's national unemployment rate fell 0.4 per cent in November to 6.5 per cent, and marks the second straight monthly decline in the unemployment rate.

Canada's biggest banks have been setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in case customers can't pay off their loans, including mortgages.

The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year amid a number of mixed economic signals about the state of how consumers are doing.

A new report finds anglophones face higher unemployment and lower wages in Quebec; gaps that researchers say carry major economic consequences.

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said economic observers had expressed concern about 'over-investment and over-valuation as well as fears of job destruction' from AI.

The former CEO of the IWK Health Centre has been sentenced to nine months in jail for defrauding the children's hospital during her time in charge. 

Paul Hughes, who shares stories and images of the war on social media, has been distributing humanitarian aid since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine four years ago.

With the price of oil trading well below where the government of Alberta forecast it to be, Premier Danielle Smith warns that "significant" deficits are in store for the province.

Some software stocks began recovering Monday after a multi-day selloff on worries of how new AI developments could take businesses away from a handful of large companies.

The Bank of Canada held its overnight benchmark interest rate at 2.25 per cent on Wednesday after the Bank's first monetary policy meeting of 2026.

Disability advocates in Saskatchewan say they have been left in the dark after the government introduced changes to Saskatchewan's disability income program, known as SAID.

Ontario taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $100,000 for the rescue of 58 dogs from a Hamilton-area home this past summer.