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Murray Wood says Canadians deciding to boycott travel to the U.S. and avoid buying American products seems to be having ...
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Statistics Canada says first-quarter GDP worst showing since 2009
OTTAWA - Canada's economy had its worst quarterly showing since 2009 through the first three months of 2020 owing to COVID-19, Statistics Canada said Friday, warning an even steeper drop may be c...
May 29, 2020
Dysfunction in long-term care takes toll on overburdened workforce: association
OTTAWA - Conditions in long-term care are breaking the people who staff nursing and retirement homes, leading to worse care for the vulnerable seniors who live there, the head of the Canadian Support ...
May 28, 2020
CEO pay has topped $12.3M. Can it keep rising post-pandemic?
The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies topped $12.3 million last year, and the gap between the boss and their workforces widened further, according to AP's annual survey of exe...
May 27, 2020
Use pandemic to stop brain drain, MPs told, as payments for CERB top $40 billion
OTTAWA - The federal government should use the COVID-19 pandemic to reverse a brain drain of top tech talent south of the border, a House of Commons committee heard Monday, alongside warnings tha...
May 25, 2020
'Canary in the coal mine:' Meat industry says more safety coming with COVID-19
CALGARY - A group representing Canada's meat-packers is expecting more changes in the coming months to make sure workers have protection from COVID-19. Chris White, president of the Canadian Meat...
May 23, 2020
Post-secondary students requiring practical skills concerned about education
Abbey Ferreira has wanted a career in the medical field since childhood, so she followed in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother and chose to become a nurse. As COVID-19 forced school closures,...
May 22, 2020
CERB-like mechanism could help country respond to future economic shocks: Poloz
OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker says adding an income-support measure like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to the government's tool kit could help the country ...
May 21, 2020
Alberta beef plant returning to two shifts per day after COVID-19 outbreak
BROOKS, Alta. - The JBS beef-processing plant in southern Alberta was planning to return to two shifts a day on Thursday for the first time in a month. The company had reduced oper...
May 20, 2020
Trudeau asks commercial landlords to give tenants help through new program
OTTAWA - Canada's commercial landlords got a request and a warning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to buy into rental assistance program launching next week, as part of a handful of moves in o...
May 20, 2020
Indigenous group continues blockade over COVID-19 concerns in northern Manitoba
SPLIT LAKE, Man. - Members of northern Manitoba First Nations who are worried about the spread of COVID-19 say they will maintain blockades set up at the entrance to a hydroelectric construction site ...
May 19, 2020
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