Jobs
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U.S. job market rebounds as employers add 162,000 jobsThe U.S. labor force — the number of people working or looking for work — jumped by 683,000 last month after falling in June and July.U.S. NewsSep 4
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Economy sheds 42,000 jobs, unemployment rate steady in August, says StatCanStatCan said there was little change in the private sector and self-employment in August, but the public sector shed 20,000 positions in its third straight month of losses.CanadaSep 4
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Canada added 75K jobs in July ‘summer surge,’ but uncertainty remainsCanada added 75,000 jobs in July, according to Statistics Canada, as the national unemployment rate ticked down to 6.4 per cent — the lowest since July 2024.EconomyAug 7
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High unemployment in Kelowna making it hard for young people to find workSome have handed out résumé after résumé, only to hear nothing back. Hooman Matin says he visited more than 20 stores before finally getting an interviewCanadaJul 24
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How Trump’s new 50% tariffs could hit Canada’s already battered job marketCanada's job market faces further risk if new threatened tariffs hit businesses already reeling from a year of U.S. tariffs and trade war uncertainty, experts say.EconomyJul 21
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Unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in June with 18K new jobs, says StatCanThe Canadian economy kept adding jobs at a steady pace in June, in part because the youth summer job market got off to a great start, but economists say there are still concerns.EconomyJul 10
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Young Canadians are looking for jobs — just not where employers are hiringLarger businesses are more likely to use multiple recruitment methods compared to smaller firms, a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said.EconomyMay 20
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B.C. loses more jobs in March, unemployment rate highest in a decadeThe unemployment rate in British Columbia is now 6.7 per cent, which is the highest in a decade, except for the height of the COVID pandemic.EconomyApr 10
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Canada added 14K jobs in March but unemployment rate unchangedCanadians earned higher hourly wages in March compared with the same time last year, with average hourly wages rising 4.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said.EconomyApr 10
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U.S. economy added 178k jobs in March, rebounding from February slumpThe U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that hiring marked a rebound from the loss of 133,000 jobs in February. The job gains were about three times what economists had forecast.EconomyApr 3
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