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Second wave of COVID lockdowns would be devastating for Sask. business: CFIB
As COVID cases continue to climb, both in Saskatchewan and across many parts of the country, businesses are worried that lockdowns could happen once again. Marilyn Braun-Pollon, the vice president of ...
Nov 03, 2020
Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020
Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces. The findings released Monday show that over two decades, firms th...
Nov 02, 2020
US manufacturing activity at highest levels in two years
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing posted a strong gain in October to the highest level in two years even as coronavirus cases have begun to surge again in many parts of the country. The Institute for Su...
Nov 02, 2020
Conservatives must take inequality seriously, O'Toole says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole took aim Friday at what he called financial elites, saying his own party needs to take inequality more seriously and to support ongoing emergency aid. H...
Oct 30, 2020
Economic recovery threatened if some workers, households left behind, Macklem says
OTTAWA - An economic rebound that leaves behind parts of the Canadian labour force in the short term could end up jeopardizing the recovery from COVID-19 in the long run, Canada's top central banker s...
Oct 30, 2020
Feds add $204M for anti-pandemic measures in Indigenous communities and institutions
Ottawa will spend an additional $204 million targeted at child care, education and infrastructure to help Indigenous communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Fr...
Oct 29, 2020
EI commissioners say workers, companies want non-partisan review of system, stat
OTTAWA - The representatives for employers and workers in the employment insurance system say they are deeply concerned that a promised review of the program will be lost in the heat of a minority Par...
Oct 28, 2020
Government Senate rep proposes less partisan review of pandemic response
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking senators to conduct a "dispassionate" review of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - as partisan combat over the issue continues among elected members of t...
Oct 27, 2020
Civil, respectful but still tough: Canada-U.S. trade under a Biden presidency
OTTAWA - Canada coped with nearly four years of Donald Trump rewriting or shredding the international trade rule book. But Canadian hope of a rosy return to rules-based bonhomie with its top trading p...
Oct 27, 2020
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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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