Statistics Canada says the drop may reflect the fact that businesses that were least able to adapt to the pandemic had already closed.

Statistics Canada says that 2020 could beat 2019's online shopping sales of $305 billion, a figure that has more than doubled since 2013.

Growth was far stronger than economists had predicted.

'A lot of these branding tattoos will be in very visible places. This is intentional by the traffickers.'

"I'm here five-six in the morning till about eight o'clock at night, everyday, including Sundays, to be able to cope and to pay rent,” said a small business owner.

Peterborough's unemployment rate in October 2020 was the second highest among cities in Canada, according to Statistics Canada data.

Alberta's jobless rate dropped to 10.7 per cent in October from 11.7 per cent in September.

According to Statistics Canada data released Friday, the unemployment rate for October held steady at 8.9 per cent.

Overall, there were about 1.8 million people out of work in October.

“Unfortunately this is not a new challenge for us, and we saw similar numbers in 2018, which speaks to our ongoing drug crisis and the petty crime that goes along with that."