Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Federal prison chaplains ratify first contract agreement, union says
OTTAWA - Unionized federal prison chaplains have ratified a contract that includes wage increases and improved working conditions. The United Steelworkers union says the contract - the chaplains' firs...
Apr 09, 2021
Economy adds 303,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate falls, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - Canada's economy added more than 300,000 jobs in March, once again outpacing expectations and putting the labour market on track to recoup all that was lost one year ago even before a federal...
Apr 09, 2021
NDP convention targets inequality, as contentious planks threaten to steal spotlight
OTTAWA - Inequality took centre stage at the federal NDP policy convention Friday as thousands of New Democrats gathered online to kick off the three-day event. Party members had cast their votes to w...
Apr 09, 2021
Former central banker Carney makes political debut at Liberal convention
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying whether he's trying to recruit former central banker Mark Carney to run for the Liberals. Trudeau dodged questions Friday about Carney's possible po...
Apr 09, 2021
Canadian Museum of History CEO resigns after probe into alleged workplace harassment
OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution. Museum CEO Mark O'Neill has been on a medical leave...
Apr 08, 2021
Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks
OTTAWA - When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sl...
Apr 07, 2021
US job openings in February reached highest rate on record
WASHINGTON - The pace of job openings reached the highest level on record in February, a harbinger of healthy hiring and a hopeful sign for those looking for work. The job openings rate - which is the...
Apr 06, 2021
Wire theft in Mexico triggers at least 70 layoffs at Quebec factory, more possible
MONTREAL - Dozens of workers at a factory in La Pocatiere, Que. have lost their jobs after a theft at a plant in Mexico. French rail manufacturer Alstom confirmed Friday that 70 of its employees will ...
Apr 03, 2021
Steelworkers united in defending Canada against perils of American protectionism
WASHINGTON - The largest industrial union in North America came to Canada's defence Thursday, vowing to protect businesses and workers north of the border from the growing peril of protectionism in th...
Apr 01, 2021
Canadians hope for 'common sense' on Buy American as Biden talks infrastructure
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden lifted the veil Wednesday on a broad and ambitious $2 trillion in infrastructure spending but Canadian businesses, contractors and suppliers were left still wonde...
Mar 31, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...