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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador...
Oct 11, 2024 Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent last month, according to Statistics Canada data released on Friday. (980 CJME file photo)
National employment numbers for September from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's September employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.8) Participation ...
Oct 11, 2024
'Break in the cooling trend': Jobs report tops economists' expectations in September
OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market exceeded many economists' expectations in September, adding more than twice as many jobs as the previous month while unemployment ticked lower. Statistics Canada re...
Oct 11, 2024
Alberta health minister announces resident physician pay deal as family doctors wait
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has reached a new tentative four-year pay deal with resident physicians as the province grapples with overcrowding in hospitals and a potential health-care labour disru...
Oct 09, 2024
Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to 'renovate their basement'
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid students to learn a construction skill - as less than half the graduates are certified to work in the industry. After it wa...
Oct 09, 2024
McGill agrees to drop legal challenge of law faculty union, ending strike
MONTREAL - McGill University has agreed to drop a legal challenge of its law faculty's right to unionize, bringing an official end to a strike during which law professors walked off the job for more t...
Oct 07, 2024
'Gulf is just too big': Strike vote looms for Alberta nurses as contract talks falter
EDMONTON - Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the province foundered over disagreements around pay and staffing. David Harrigan, the United Nurses of A...
Oct 03, 2024
Toronto hospital to open permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless people
TORONTO - A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency room is set to welcome its first residents in Toronto this month, supported by one of the large...
Oct 03, 2024
Ontario teacher shortage to worsen in 2027, ministry document warns
TORONTO - Ontario is staring down a teacher shortage as retirements and student enrolment are both on the rise, and the Ministry of Education expects the situation will start to get even worse in 2027...
Oct 02, 2024
McGill University law professors' union agrees to suspend strike, resume classes
MONTREAL - McGill University law professors will return to classrooms this week after their union suspended a strike that had lasted since the start of the fall semester. The school's administration a...
Oct 01, 2024
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...