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Economy added 94,000 jobs in July, largely in the services sector: Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada said the country added 94,000 jobs in July as public health restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to be lifted, but economists warned there is still a "long slog" to...
Aug 06, 2021
Trucks stack up at Canada-U.S. border as CBSA guards start work-to-rule campaign
WASHINGTON - Long lines of semi-trailer trucks snaked away from the Canada-U.S. frontier Friday as a work-to-rule campaign by border agents slowed traffic to a crawl and marathon negotiations stretche...
Aug 06, 2021
Seniors cut off from income supplement after receiving emergency benefits
OTTAWA - Chris Sherlock is facing possible eviction because of unanticipated clawbacks to the guaranteed income supplement for seniors. The 65-year-old resident of British Columbia's Cowichan Valley d...
Aug 05, 2021
Border workers issue Friday strike notice to Feds
About 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays at border crossings a...
Aug 04, 2021
Quebec pork industry says thousands of pigs risk being euthanized if strike continues
MONTREAL - A labour strike at a Quebec pork-processing plant is creating a dangerous backlog of pigs ready for slaughter, putting thousands of animals at risk of going to waste, says the head of an as...
Aug 02, 2021
Border workers' union, employers to return to bargaining table after strike threat
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this w...
Jul 29, 2021
Canadian border workers vote in favour of striking as soon as Aug. 6, union says
Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border with the United States next month after members of a union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees vote...
Jul 27, 2021
State of local emergency lifted after fatal crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - An evacuation order has been lifted in an area around the British Columbia construction site where five people died after a crane collapsed. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says ...
Jul 21, 2021
Election, if it happens, won't stall planned review of EI system, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - A planned review of the sprawling and antiquated employment insurance system will go ahead even if the country is plunged into a federal election campaign, Employment Minister Carla Qualtroug...
Jul 21, 2021
Specialized rescue team aims to recover man's body after crane collapse in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - A specialized team of first responders from Vancouver has arrived in Kelowna, B.C., to begin the work of trying to recover the body of a missing man under the rubble of a building next...
Jul 13, 2021
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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...