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Employees on a Canadian military base say contamination is making them sick. Here’s what you need to know

Employees on a Canadian military base say contamination is making them sick. Here’s what you need to know

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...

Telus narrows field to three Canadian funds in $1.2-billion bidding war for cell towers

Telus narrows field to three Canadian funds in $1.2-billion bidding war for cell towers

Open this photo in gallery:Telus aims to complete the sale of a 49-per-cent stake in its 3,000-tower network by the end of the year.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Telus Corp. T-T has narrowed the list of buyers for a stake in its cellphone-tower...

Why are so few employers focused on inclusive, equitable hiring?

Why are so few employers focused on inclusive, equitable hiring?

This echoes findings from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released in February. StatCan notes: Nearly 7 in 10 (68%) persons with disabilities or long-term conditions experienced a barrier to accessibility during a hiring process or one that...

Carney announces new measures to protect and strengthen Canada’s steel industry

Carney announces new measures to protect and strengthen Canada’s steel industry

PRIME Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday announced a suite of targeted measures to stand behind Canada’s steel industry, protect Canadian careers, and invest in Canada’s homegrown industrial capacity to build Canada strong. Carney said: ““Our steel...

Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21

Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21

OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers' offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 to August 1. OTTAWA —...

Import tariffs protect Canadian steel but workers still need wage supports

Import tariffs protect Canadian steel but workers still need wage supports

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced measures to support Canada’s steel industry on Wednesday. The main feature of these measures are the expanded tariff rate quotas which will be imposed on steel coming in from other countries. Starting on August...

How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has responded with a number of measures. Initial...

Income gap hit record high in Q1: Statistics Canada

Income gap hit record high in Q1: Statistics Canada

Canada’s income gap has reached a record high and the wealth gap widened in the first quarter of this year, according to data Statistics Canada released Wednesday. The difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40%...

Canada sees the highest unemployment rate for ‘returning students’ in June since 2009

Canada sees the highest unemployment rate for ‘returning students’ in June since 2009

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....

Immigrant Pay Gap Linked to Job Access

Immigrant Pay Gap Linked to Job Access

Immigrant–Native Pay Disparities Unveiled by Multinational Administrative Data Analysis A groundbreaking multinational study leveraging linked employer–employee administrative records has illuminated persistent pay gaps between immigrants and...

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer: Canada-U.S. free trade is dead

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer: Canada-U.S. free trade is dead

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent comments that an eventual Canada-U.S. trade deal will likely involve some ongoing U.S. tariffs are more than an exercise in issues management. They were an admission: the era of continental free trade as we’ve...

Canadian public servants nervously eye exit

Canadian public servants nervously eye exit

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...

ESports in Canadian Universities: A new path for scholarships and careers

Late-night skating and house LAN parties are no longer the limit of the world of esports. In Canada, universities are turning the digital hobby into real opportunities, from scholarships and specialized programs to full-time jobs in the industry....

Supports announced by federal government to support Canadian steel sector

Supports announced by federal government to support Canadian steel sector

July 16, 2025, Canada — Canada’s federal government is implementing several measures to support the country’s steel sector. A key initiative announced was a strengthening of the tariff rate quotas (TRQs), which will allow a certain amount of steel...

Government of Canada proposes new tariff rate for steel

Government of Canada proposes new tariff rate for steel

Prime Minister Mark Carney promises to strengthen the Canadian steel industry and ‘crack-down,’ on foreign steel entering the Canadian market today. The announcement was made in a steel plant located in Hamilton, Ont. Steel products from non-free...

Recent Updates to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000

Recent Updates to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000

The New Long-Term Illness Leave As of June 19, 2025, the Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) was amended to include a new protected leave: Long-Term Illness Leave. This new Long-Term Illness Leave creates essentially an indefinite leave...

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs

Data and measures Linked employer–employee administrative records and meta-analytic data We used recent linked employer–employee administrative records (administrative records that link individual employees directly to their employers and...

Canadian Home Builders Association creates a local chapter

Canadian Home Builders Association creates a local chapter

On June 24, the Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) – Sea to Sky chapter (S2S-CHBA) had its inaugural meeting on the Sunshine Coast to raise awareness and perform a membership drive. On June 24, the Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA)...

One man’s opinion: Ending a bad dye job

One man’s opinion: Ending a bad dye job

Support local news in ATL Support local news While others chase clicks, we focus on serving our communities with intention. Support responsible reporting crafted by your neighbors. Or support us with a one-time gift. Support local news Support...

Schlossman: The 2026 recruiting class is still wide open in Canada

Schlossman: The 2026 recruiting class is still wide open in Canada

GRAND FORKS — We're now six weeks from the start of the fall semester at UND and the Fighting Hawks have still yet to finalize the 2025-26 roster. They've got two forward spots to fill and they're expected to do so in the coming weeks. Then, UND...

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