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Canadians will lose jobs amid COVID shutdowns, but may rebound ‘quickly’: employment ministerNew lockdowns and fresh COVID-19 restrictions are going to cause a dip in employment numbers, employment minister Carla Qualtrough said, despite a jump in job numbers in March.CanadaApr 11, 2021
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Canadian economy added 259K jobs in February, blowing past estimatesEconomists were expecting Canada to add 75,000 jobs in February.EconomyMar 12, 2021
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People who lost jobs in 2020 had wages below Canadian average, report saysThe biggest decline in work was among the country's very bottom wage earners, with an hourly wage under $13.91.CanadaFeb 20, 2021
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Retail sales fell 3.4% in December, marking biggest decline since AprilRetail sales fell 3.4 per cent to $53.4 billion in December as sales fell in nine out of 11 subsectors amid COVID-19 restrictions.EconomyFeb 19, 2021
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Young Canadians’ pocketbooks hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic: Ipsos pollAs nearly one in ten Canadians report losing their job in the last year, an Ipsos poll found that one group is being hit in the pocketbook particularly hard: young adults.CanadaDec 29, 2020
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Labour group pushes for feds to widen EI after coronavirus endsThe Canadian Labour Congress is hoping the government widens planned changes to the employment insurance system to provide jobless benefits to any worker in the country even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.CanadaSep 7, 2020
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U.S. job growth slows to 1.4 million in August as government assistance runs outUnemployment drops to 8.4% but US job growth slowed to 1.4 million in August under pressure from pandemic.WorldSep 4, 2020
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Canada adds 950K jobs in June, unemployment falls amid coronavirus pandemicStatistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic moved to reopen.EconomyJul 10, 2020
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Many British Columbians’ finances, debt worsening under COVID-19: pollAlmost four in 10 British Columbians said their finances had worsened during the pandemic, while about a quarter said they'd taken on more debt.EconomyJul 8, 2020
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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 13.3% in MayNews that the U.S. economy added a surprising 2.5 million jobs last month is evidence that the employment collapse due to COVID-19 most likely bottomed out in April.EconomyJun 5, 2020
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