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Grieg Seafood sells operations in Canada and northern Norway
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July 17, 2025
NL Grieg Seafood has sold its operations in Canada and northern Norway to Cermaq — a global salmon farming company based out of Oslo. Sale includes Newfoundland assets Grieg Seafood has sold its operations in Canada and northern Norway to Cermaq —...
Canadian mining union denounces U.S. copper tariff
Canadian Mining Journal
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July 16, 2025
A prominent union representing workers in the mining sector is denouncing a 50 % U.S. tariff on imported copper that will take effect on Aug. 1, 2025. Marty Warren, national director of the United Steelworkers union (UCW), said: “This is yet...
Steelworkers applaud Ottawa’s move to safeguard local jobs
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July 17, 2025
A new federal steel policy is being hailed as a big win for Canadian workers, and it could have direct implications for job security here in Saskatchewan. Following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of stricter import quotas and new “Buy...
Canada moving from reliance to resilience amid new steel tariffs, says premier
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Mark CarneyPhotographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that Canada will revise its trade rules and invest in domestic production to safeguard its steel industry, marking a significant shift away from...
Canada to Curb Steel Imports to Soften Blow From US Tariffs
Transport Topics
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July 16, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Canada will reduce the amount of foreign steel importers can bring into the country tariff-free, a move to help domestic producers suffering from President Donald Trump’s levies on...
Closure of Cornwall furniture manufacturer to cost 300 jobs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 17, 2025
The impending closure of a Cornwall, Ont., furniture manufacturer will leave 300 people without jobs, as the city's mayor warns the layoffs are an early sign of the turmoil that threatened U.S. tariffs could inflict on the local economy. After 55...
Canada’s COVID jab injury payouts triple in two years, reaching $18 million
LifeSite
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July 16, 2025
News Payments to Canadians injured by COVID shots have tripled to $18.1 million, but only 234 of 3,317 claims have been approved, amid allegations of mismanagement. OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Payments to COVID jab-injured Canadians have...
Why the Canadiens signed Joe Veleno: Context, role, positional need and speed
The Athletic
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July 17, 2025
Throughout his NHL career, new Montreal Canadiens centre Joe Veleno’s numbers have not lied. Veleno has had pedestrian counting stats ever since being taken with the No. 30 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, and his underlying...
Canadians now see U.S. as top threat, Pew survey shows
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Most Canadians now see U.S. as top threat, Pew survey shows A growing number of Canadians view the United States as a greater threat than nations like Russia, North Korea, or Iran, according to a new global survey by the Pew Research Center. The...
Business Reuters US weekly jobless claims fall; job growth appears steady in July
Yahoo News
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, pointing to steady job growth in July, though some laid off workers are experiencing long spells of unemployment because of a moderation in...
CUPW to vote on Canada Post’s ‘final’ offers starting July 21, company says
Global News
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July 16, 2025
Canada Post says it has set a date for its largest union of postal workers to begin a vote on its latest and “final” offer. According to a statement sent to Global News, the vote will be held starting July 21 at 7 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) and...
Posthaste: Canada's industrial heartland is bleeding jobs
Financial Post
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Manufacturing, resource industries, transportation and warehousing have suffered the biggest employment declines. Trade uncertainty is driving much of this, but volatile commodity prices and a slowdown in home construction are also contributing,...
Multi-million oxygen plant in Kilifi to employ 3,000 people
The Standard
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An employee of Synergy Gases Limited supervising medical oxygen tanks at Kokotoni area in Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. The construction of two mega medical oxygen plants at the cost of Sh2.8 billion in Kenya and Tanzania by...
Kamloops jobless rate continues to grow amid volatility in resource sector, retail
Castanet
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Photo: The Canadian Press TRU economist Laura Lamb said recent job losses in the natural resource sector could be connected to tariffs from the U.S. Kamloops’ unemployment rate continues to rise while other parts of the province and B.C. as a...
Employees on a Canadian military base say contamination is making them sick. Here’s what you need to know
The Narwhal
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July 16, 2025
The slogan for the city of Moose Jaw, Sask., is “Canada’s Most Notorious City,” stemming from historical connections to Al Capone. The Canadian Armed Forces base nearby — home of the Snowbirds — is surrounded by a patchwork of quintessential...
Heat warnings remain in effect from Ontario to Atlantic Canada
Global News
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July 17, 2025
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2025 6:29 am Updated July 17, 2025 6:37 am 1 min read Daytime temperatures from Windsor, Ontario, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, are going to remain hot a little longer. Environment Canada has several heat...
Shaping Canada: John Ibbitson on Politics, Press, and the Atlantic Future
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author and Globe and Mail journalist John Ibbitson Image: submitted On today’s Insights podcast, Don and David talk with well-known author and Globe and Mail journalist John Ibbitson. The wide-ranging discussion covers his two recent books, as...
Huge question as another CEO rolls back WFH
The Geelong Advertiser
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July 17, 2025
We are now more than half way through 2025 and so far this year multiple major companies have enacted their new return-to-office policies. In that time, in Australia and internationally, we have also witnessed employees pushing back on those...
Canada sees the highest unemployment rate for ‘returning students’ in June since 2009
Financial Express
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In June, Canada reported a year-over-year increase in unemployment rates for returning students. The unemployment rate for returning students, aged 15-24, reached 17.4% in June 2025, according to Statistics Canada’s latest Labour Force Survey....
Canadian public servants nervously eye exit
The Mandarin
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July 15, 2025
Canada’s public sector is facing its largest retrenchment since 1995, with AI and attrition not being enough to save 40,000 jobs. Canada Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (r). (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Up to 40,000 Canadian public...