Employment

• Amid Trump tariff threat, Canadian economy adds 76,000 jobs

  Amid the threat of Donald Trump's tariffs, Canada's unemployment rate in January fell to 6.6 per cent, marking the third consecutive month of jobs growth.

  Economy

  Feb 7
  
• Telus union loses bid to save Ontario office workers from Quebec move

  Some 150 Telus workers from Ontario will either have to move to Quebec or find a new job after their union lost its return-to-office fight.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2024
  
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• Telus call centre workers in Ontario facing ‘extreme stress’ as they fight Quebec move

  Some 150 Ontario call centre workers will remain in the province for the time being as their union battles Telus on its return-to-office plan.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2024
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• B.C. ‘stands alone’ on slumping private sector employment, business group warns

  B.C. has added 5,300 new private sector jobs since July 2022. At the same time, the province's public sector payroll grew by 63,000, with many jobs in education and health care.

  Politics

  Aug 22, 2024
• 4 in 10 U.S. companies posted a fake job this year. Why?

  The survey, conducted by career website Resume Builder in May, found about 40 per cent of companies had posted what was considered a 'fake' job this year.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2024
• More youth are seeking EI amid rising unemployment rates: StatCan

  Statistics Canada's data showed that the number of youth receiving employment insurance in February increased for the fourth consecutive month.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2024
• Nearly 900K Canadians did gig work as main job at end of 2022: StatCan

  A new report from Statistics Canada has found people taking on "gig work" as their main job reached 871,000 in the final three months of 2022.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2024
• City of Kingston hopes to grow population 32% by 2051

  Kingston's surging construction sites foreshadow a significant 32% population increase projected by 2051, prompting the need for new building endeavors.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2023
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• Unemployment rate continues to drop in Saskatchewan: StatsCan

  Six-thousand jobs have been added to the Saskatchewan economy in September, according to Statistics Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2023
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• Saskatchewan marks Disability Employment Awareness Month

  Despite his global developmental delay diagnosis, for the last year and a half, Carter Carls has worked full time at SaskTel.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023