Tag Archives: Labour

VANCOUVER - Employers and the union representing supervisors embroiled in a labour dispute that triggered a lockout at British Columbia's ports will attempt to reach a deal when talks restart this wee...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.7) Participation ra...

Vancouver immigration lawyer Ryan Rosenberg says he's been getting so many inquiries from disaffected U.S. voters that he set up a website to address their concerns. It's called "Trumpugees.ca" and as...

OTTAWA - The Canadian job market posted another weak hiring month in October as employers added a modest 15,000 jobs, but economists say the results aren't bad enough to spark concerns at the Bank of ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says cabinet changes announced Thursday signify a new beginning as his government looks to address issues in health care, affordability and education. Moe's Sas...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister has sacked the chief executive officer and entire board of directors of Alberta Investment Management Corp., the Crown corporation that manages pension and other ...

VANCOUVER - Talks are set to resume between the union representing more than 700 locked-out British Columbia port supervisors and their employers. A representative for the International Longshore and ...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is calling on the government to change how it handles permits for temporary workers after a UN report said the system creates "a breeding ground for contemporary for...