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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Alberta parents brace for potential teacher strike amid confusion over school policy
EDMONTON - Alberta parents are bracing for a potential teacher strike or lockout as shifting provincial policies on books and sports also add confusion and chaos to the school year. Last week, contrac...
Sep 06, 2025
S&P/TSX composite finishes over 130 points higher amid U.S., Canadian jobs data
TORONTO - Strength in the basic materials sector helped Canada's main stock index finish more than 130 points higher on Friday, while U.S. markets were down and investors pored over employment data fr...
Sep 05, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...
Sep 05, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10...
Sep 05, 2025
National employment numbers for August from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's August employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.5 per cent (60.7) Participation rat...
Sep 05, 2025
Unemployment rate climbed to 7.1 per cent in August as economy lost 66,000 jobs
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period, Statistics Canada reported o...
Sep 05, 2025
Eby says temporary foreign worker program should be scrapped or reformed
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that's lin...
Sep 04, 2025
'As long as it takes': Union escalates B.C. public service strike
VANCOUVER - Strike action by public service workers from the BC General Employees' Union entered its third day with pickets in front of a Vancouver building that houses a Ministry of Finance office, a...
Sep 04, 2025
Teenage workers hit hard by tech disruption, population growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new report argues the rise of gig work, artificial intelligence and rapid population growth are souring job prospects for Canada's youngest workers. The Desjardins Economics report, release...
Sep 04, 2025 A sign for help wanted is pictured in a business window in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta government workers approve mediated deal, strike averted
EDMONTON - A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 civil servants and the Alberta government, averting a strike that could've happened as soon as next week. The Alberta Union of Provincial...
Sep 03, 2025
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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...