Canadian Jobs

• Rogers Sugar to spend $200M to expand Montreal plant

  Rogers Sugar said the increased production and logistics capacity is expected to be in service in about two years.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2023
  
• Olymel to lay off nearly 1,000 workers in closure of Quebec pork plant

  The company said the Vallée-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will be the latest factory to shutter, after previously announcing the closure of several other facilities recently.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2023
  
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• B.C. employment down 14,000 in November; 1 of 5 provinces to see decline

  British Columbia's employment decrease of 0.5 per cent was driven by losses in part-time work, according to Statistics Canada's labour force survey.

  Economy

  Dec 2, 2022
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• Canadian economy adds 31K jobs in October bringing unemployment to pandemic-era low

  The unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent.

  Economy

  Nov 5, 2021
• Amazon Canada set to hire 15,000 workers, increase hourly starting wage to $21.65

  Amazon also announced it will increase the starting wage for its front-line, hourly employees in Canada 27 per cent to $21.65 an hour from $17 an hour.

  Economy

  Sep 13, 2021
• Canadian economy added 259K jobs in February, blowing past estimates

  Economists were expecting Canada to add 75,000 jobs in February.

  Economy

  Mar 12, 2021
• Kenney vows to combat Texas efforts to lure Canadian companies south: ‘It’s on’

  Alberta's premier has a message for Texas firms looking to lure Canadian businesses to the Lone Star State -- "it's on."

  Economy

  Sep 23, 2019
• Few Hamilton area employers anticipate hiring in fourth quarter: report

  The latest ManpowerGroup employment outlook survey shows Hamilton area employers are expecting a modest hiring climate for the fourth quarter of this year.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2019
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• Canada loses over 24,000 jobs in July, but wage growth reaches highest level since 2009

  Statistics Canada's latest labour force survey found that job creation was nearly flat between May and July, a period that saw Canada add an average of 400 jobs per month.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2019
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• Employment rate of recent immigrants to Canada reached new high last year: Memo

  The memo says the employment rate for immigrants aged 25 to 54 who landed less than five years ago, was 71 per cent last year. It was the indicator's highest level since 2006 -- which is as far back as the data goes.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2019